Taxonomy of meanings for 圃:　　

  • 圃 bù (OC: paas MC: puo) 博故切 去 廣韻：【園圃説文曰種菜曰圃又音補 】
  • 圃 pǔ (OC: paaʔ MC: puo) 博古切 上 廣韻：【園圃説文種菜曰圃亦姓又博故切 】
    • AGRICULTURE
      • nabactgardening, the tending of gardens
    • GARDEN
      • ngarden, typically gardened by a gardener, not necessarily with a fence
    • WORK
      • nsubject=humangardener
    • ACCUMULATE
      • FLOURISH

        Additional information about 圃

        說文解字: 【圃】，穜菜曰圃。 〔小徐本「穜」作「種」。〕 从囗、甫聲。 【博古切】

          Criteria
        • AGRICULTURE

          1. The general term for agriculture and agricultural work is nóng 農, and this term refers to the sedentary cultivation of plants as well as the raising of domestic animals.

          2. Gēng 耕 refers to any agricultural work involved in the growing of crops of any kind; however, the term also refers specifically to ploughing and thus turning over and loosening the ground for cultivation.

          3. Lí 犁 refers specifically to ploughing the fields with a sharp-edged rather than pointed plough.

          4. Kěn 墾 refers specifically to the official act of designating new areas for agricultural cultivation and to the following of this policy.

          5. Tián 田 refers to agricultural work in the fields.

          6. Pǔ 圃 refers to agricultural work in a garden.

        • GARDEN

          1. The general term for a garden is yuán 園, and such gardens are primarily for fruit and vegetables, and they are walled for protection against theft, and often include artificial lakes.

          2. Pǔ 圃 refers to a garden tended by a gardener, the art of gardening being written with the same character (see AGRICULTURE).

          3. Yòu 囿 refers to a large garden or park used by the aristocracy for hunting and for pleasure rides to view animals reared.

          4. Yuàn 苑 is a large-scale park for the general delectation of rulers, typically of the same type as the smaller 囿.

          See ZHU ZUGENG 1.93, note 3.