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葡

wild grape, Portugal

StatusJinmeiyōStrokes12

Readings

On'yomi

  • ブ
  • ホ

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

葡 centers on the wild grape plant. The Portugal meaning is a phonetic borrowing used in the country name 葡萄牙, not a separate conceptual sense.

Most common words using 葡

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  • 葡萄ぶどう
    N4

    grape; grapevine

  • 葡ぽ

    Portugal

  • 山葡萄やまぶどう

    crimson glory vine (species of grapevine, Vitis Coignetiae)

  • 怒りの葡萄いかりのぶどう

    The Grapes of Wrath (novel by Steinbeck)

  • 拉葡日対訳辞書ラポにちたいやくじしょ

    Dictionarium Latino Lusitanicum ac Iaponicum (1595 Latin-Portuguese-Japanese dictionary)

  • 日葡にっぽ

    Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Japanese-Portuguese dictionary, publ. 1603-1604) (abbr); Nippo Jisho

  • 日葡にっぽ

    Japan and Portugal; Japanese-Portuguese

  • 日葡辞書にっぽじしょ

    Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Japanese-Portuguese dictionary, publ. 1603-1604); Nippo Jisho

  • 浜辺葡萄はまべぶどう

    sea grape (Coccoloba uvifera); baygrape

  • 現代日葡辞典げんだいにっぽじてん

    Gendai Nippo Jiten; Dicionário Universal Japonês-Português

  • 甲州葡萄こうしゅうぶどう

    Kōshū (grape variety)

  • 白葡萄酒しろぶどうしゅ

    white wine

  • 羅葡日対訳辞書らぽにちたいやくじしょ

    Dictionarium Latino Lusitanicum, Ac Iaponicum (1595 trilingual Latin-Portuguese-Japanese dictionary)

  • 羅葡日辞典らぽにちじてん

    Dictionarium Latino Lusitanicum, ac Iaponicum, (Latin-Portuguese-Japanese dictionary, published in 1595)

  • 葡萄ジュースぶどうジュース

    grape juice

  • 葡萄パンぶどうパン

    raisin bread

  • 葡萄根油虫ぶどうねあぶらむし

    phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae)

  • 葡萄棚ぶどうだな

    grapevine trellis

  • 葡萄状球菌ぶどうじょうきゅうきん

    staphylococcus

  • 葡萄葛えびかずら

    grapevine

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Etymology

葡 is a phono-semantic compound: the grass radical 艹 indicates a plant, while 匍 (originally 甫) provides the sound. The character was later borrowed phonetically for 'Portugal'.

Meaning mnemonic

The grass top 艹 covers a shape that looks like a tangled vine with a hidden fruit. Picture wild grapes growing under a leafy canopy.

Reading mnemonic

For ブ, imagine a wild grape vine growing in a boot: boot -> ブ, and the vine fills the boot with grapes.