铺pù
shop, small store. 12 strokes, radical 钅, first met in HSK 6.
How to write 铺
Strokes 1–5 write 钅, then strokes 6–12 write 甫.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 铺 · the stroke-order rules
What 铺 is made of
钅 (jīn, gold) and 甫 (fǔ, to begin).
钅 carries the meaning — money — and 甫 carries the sound.
Words that use 铺
| 铺 | shop, small store 指规模不大的店面 山坡下有一家小铺，老板从不欺负外乡人。At the foot of the hillside stood a little shop. Lesson 627, 坡下小铺 · 精研机理与洞见真知 · Scientific Insight & Physical Principles |
| 卧铺 | sleeping berth 指车船上供人睡觉的铺位 列车的卧铺车厢里很安静。The sleeper carriage of the train was very quiet. Lesson 659, 卧铺夜行 · 笃志博雅与通达四海 · Scholarly Diligence & Global Connections |
Characters that share the sound part 甫
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 钅
All 22 of them, and what the radical means, on the 金 radical page.