Chinese name syllable
Syllable Puk
- 卜to divine; to foretell
- Letters
- 3
- Syllables
- 1●
- First letter
- P
- Romanization
- Cantonese, Hakka
- Character options
- 1
- Category
- Chinese syllable
- Chinese characters卜
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Puk in their name
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Puk is a Chinese name syllable from Cantonese and Hakka; one character is 卜, meaning 'to divine; to foretell', but the meaning depends on the character chosen.
Possible characters for Puk
This spelling is common in Cantonese and Hakka romanization.
- 卜
to divine; to foretell
Cantonese buk1 / Hakka puk / Mandarin bǔ
One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.
About the name Puk
Puk is a syllable in Chinese Malaysian names, spelled after the Cantonese and Hakka pronunciation. The spelling Puk matches the Cantonese reading buk1 and the Hakka reading puk of 卜. The matching character is 卜, meaning 'to divine; to foretell'. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
| Romanization | Cantonese, Hakka |
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Chinese names with the syllable Puk
Sources
- Wiktionary: 卜 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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