泼(pō)

HSK 58 strokesTrad. 潑

to splash

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Character information

Pinyin
pō
Meaning
to splash; to spill; rough and coarse; brutish
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 5
Traditional
潑

Origin & structure

Where 泼 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰氵发

To send forth 发 water 氵

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

氵shuǐ发fā

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form 潑: To send forth 發 water 氵

How to write 泼 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 泼

Common words using 泼 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

huó活pō泼
HSK 5

lively; vivacious; brisk; active; (chemistry) reactive

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pō泼lěng冷shuǐ水
HSK 7-9

to pour cold water on

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sā撒pō泼

to make an unreasonable scene

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pō泼fù妇

shrew; vixen

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pō泼là辣

shrewish

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pō泼shuǐ水jié节

Songkran (Thai New Year)

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pō泼fù妇mà骂jiē街

shouting abuse in the street like a fishwife

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pō泼shuǐ水nán难shōu收

water once spilt cannot be retrieved (idiom); irreversible change

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From 泼’s common words

活冷水撒妇辣节骂

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