Additional information about 浦
說文解字: 【浦】，瀕也。 〔小徐本作「水濱也。」〕 从水、甫聲。 【𣶢古切】
- Criteria
- SHORE
1. The most current and general word for a shore of any kind became àn 岸, which originally referred to a steep embankment.
2. Yá 涯 typically refers to a distant shore, and the word is often used metaphorically for "limit".
3. Bīn 濱 refers to the general area near a river or a lake, including the shoreline.
4. Hǔ 滸 refers to a the well-defined area very near a river or lake.
5. Pǔ 浦 refers to an estuary where small rivers meet larger ones, or where a river runs into a lake or the sea, and it is important that this term included the area covered by water.
6. Sì 涘 is a poetic and archaic general word for a river bank.
NB: As far as I can see there was no special word for the sea-shore.
- MARSH
1. The general term for marshland is zé 澤 refers specifically to large marhes and bogs, often including lakes.
2. Sǒu 藪 refers to any swamp.
3. Pǔ 浦 refers to an often swampy estuary.
4. Xí 隰 refers to any low-lying and wet piece of territory, but the word - though general in meaning - is very rare.