葡
wild grape, Portugal
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
20 of 23- 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
Study
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.