布 bù
noun | verb
: cotton cloth, textiles, linen
: to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known
佈 [布] bù
verb
: to announce; to spread
布 | ぬの nuno
noun
: cloth
布く OR 敷く | しく shiku
godan verb with ku ending
: to spread out; to lay out
: to take a position
: to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
布 OR 幅 | の no
noun | noun suffix | counter
: unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm)
布 | ふ fu
noun
: cloth
: bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
布 bu4: cotton cloth, textiles, linen
布丁 bu4dīng pudding (loanword)
宣佈 [宣布] xuan1bu4: to declare; to announce; to proclaim
[宣布 | せんぷ senbu: proclamation; dissemination; promulgation]
瀑布 pu4bu4: waterfall [ばくふ hakufu: waterfall; cataract; cascade]
發[发]布 fa1bu4: to release; to issue; to announce; to distribute
[発布 | はっぷ happu: proclamation; promulgation]
頒[颁]布 ban1bu4: to issue; to proclaim; to enact (laws, decrees etc)
[頒布 | はんぷ hanpu: distribution]
遍布 bian4bu4: to cover the whole (area); to be found throughout
佈 [布] bu4: to announce; to spread
佈[布]置 bu4zhi4: to put in order; to arrange; to decorate; to fix up; to deploy
[布置 | ふち fuchi: arrangement; grouping]
佈[布]告 bu4gao4: posting on a bulletin board; notice; bulletin; to announce
[布告 | ふこく fukoku: edict; ordinance; proclamation]
佈告欄 [布告栏] bu4gao4 lan2: bulletin board
佈[布]雷 bu4lei2: to lay mines
公佈[布] gong1bu4: to announce; to make public; to publish[公布 | こうふ koufu: official proclamation; announcement; promulgation (e.g. of regulations)]
散佈[布] san4bu4: to disseminate
[散布 | さんぷ sanpu: dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying]
分佈[布] fen1bu4: distributed; to distribute
[分布 | ぶんぷ bunpu: distribution; dissemination; allocation]
發佈 [发布] fa1bu4: to release; to issue; to announce; to distribute; also 发布
流佈[布] liu2bu4: to spread; to circulate; to disseminate
[流布 | るふ rufu: circulation; dissemination]
Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語
布団 OR 蒲団 OR 薄団 | ふとん futon
: futon (quilted Japanese-style mattress laid out on the floor);
: round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
敷き布団 | しきぶとん shiki buton
: (Japanese) mattress; underquilt; futon laid on the floor; sleeping mat
火燵布団 | こたつぶとん kotatsubuton
: quilt coverlet for a kotatsu
煎餅布団 | せんべいぶとん senbei buton
: (yoji) thin bedding; hard bed; bedding worn flat and hard by usage
Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
星羅棋布 [星罗棋布] xing1 luo2 qi2 bu4
: scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board; spread all over the place
開誠布公 [开诚布公] kai1 cheng2 bu4 gong1
: lit. deal sincerely and fairly; frank and open-minded; plain speaking; Let’s talk frankly and openly between ourselves. To put one’s cards on the table
除舊布新 [除旧布新] chu2 jiu4 bu4 xin1
: to get rid of the old to bring in the new; to innovate
石頭、剪子、布 [石头、剪子、布] shi2 tou5 , jian3 zi5 , bu4
: rock-paper-scissors (hand game)
布
会意 Associative Compound.
Hand
形声 Pictophonetic.
佈
亻 (ren2: person radical 9) suggests the meaning while
布 (bu4: cotton cloth) provides the sound.
簡體 Simplified.
布. Was a historical variant of 佈 which has been promoted to be its simplified form.
Historical variant:
佈 [布] bu4 spread, publicize, announce
Look-alike:
市 shi4
: market; city; municipality; standard system of weights and measures
[kun: いち ichi. on: し shi]
幣 [币] bi4
: money; coins; currency; silk
[kun: ぬさ nusa. on: へい hei]
帀 za1
: to go round, to make a circuit, to make a revolution, to turn round
[on: キョウ kyou, ソウ sou]
semantic: 匝 za1
布 bu4
: cotton cloth, textiles, linen | to announce; to spread
[kun: ぬの nuno, しく shiku. on: の no, ふ fu]
Examples:
いっぱつめのローキックはこのふせき!? ippatsu me no ro-kikku wa kono fuseki
１発目のローキックはこの布石か！？
The first low kick was the set-up for this!?
在桌子上鋪上台布。
zai4 zhuo1zi shang4 pu1 shang4 tai2 bu4
Cover the table with a cloth.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
