普

pǔ

general

popular; everywhere; universal

side by side (並) + sun (日) = shining everywhere equally

並 depicts two people standing side by side, suggesting equal spread across everything. When the sun shines down on all alike, nothing is left out — that is the meaning of universal.

並+日→普
並Side by sideSemantic
日SunSemantic

这首歌在普通人中很受欢迎。

zhè shǒu gē zài pǔ tōng rén zhōng hěn shòu huān yíng。

This song is very popular among ordinary people.

学校要求所有学生说普通话。

xué xiào yāo qiú suǒ yǒu xué shēng shuō pǔ tōng huà。

The school requires all students to speak Mandarin.

Words with 普

吉普车

jí pǔ chē

jeep (military vehicle) (loanword)

汤普森

tāng pǔ sēn

(name) Thompson

普利茅斯

pǔ lì máo sī

Plymouth

普安

pǔ ān

see 普安縣|普安县[Pu3 an1 Xian4]

普法

pǔ fǎ

to disseminate knowledge of the law

普丁

pǔ dīng

(Tw) Vladimir Putin (1952-), president of Russia

普宁市

pǔ níng shì

Puning, a county-level city in Jieyang City 揭陽市|揭阳市[Jie1 yang2 Shi4], Guangdong

普贤

pǔ xián

Samantabhadra, the Buddhist Lord of Truth

普林斯顿大学

pǔ lín sī dùn dà xué

Princeton University

普照

pǔ zhào

(of sunlight) to bathe all things; to shine gloriously

普罗米修斯

pǔ luó mǐ xiū sī

Prometheus, a Titan god of fire in Greek mythology

普陀区

pǔ tuó qū

Putuo district, central Shanghai

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