埠 Stroke Order

埠 [bù] 1. 停船的码头，靠近水的地方（古亦作“步”）：如：船已抵埠 [En.] A pier; a port; a dock, a place where ships dock, close to water. 2. 旧与外国通商的城市：如：商埠 [En.] A big city that used to trade with foreign countries. 【本义】: 停船的码头。如: 船已抵埠 [En.] The original meaning is a pier for mooring ships. 【造字法】: 形声。从土，阜声。 [En.] The character formation is phonetic and semantic, comprising the "earth" radical and the phonetic element "阜". 同本义 ([En.] pier; port; dock) 大城市 ([En.] big city) 引： 1. 《篇海类编》：埠，见《大明律》，官牙埠头，船埠头。谓主舶客商买卖货物也。 [En.] "Buhai" mentions that "埠 refers to the official dock and ship dock as stated in the Da Ming Law, which deals with trade of goods by merchant ships." 例： 如: 商埠 [En.] For example: trading port. （*引自繁体辞典解释） （一）之又音。 [En.] (One) is also a phonetic variant.