universal; general; widespread (普遍; 全面)
普 spreads everywhere: 普遍 'universal', 普通 'ordinary', and a 普查 'census' that reaches everyone.
GF0025–2021 character list · 二级WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
ZDIC: 会意兼形声，从日、从并 (the source's account; 并 亦可以看作声). The written top of the modern glyph is the doubled 並-like pair piece (8 strokes per the source's own 笔顺), shown as a visual aid with the naming difference stated.
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universal; general; widespread (普遍; 全面)
普 spreads everywhere: 普遍 'universal', 普通 'ordinary', and a 普查 'census' that reaches everyone.
ZDIC: 会意兼形声，从日、从并 (the source's account; 并 亦可以看作声). The written top of the modern glyph is the doubled 並-like pair piece (8 strokes per the source's own 笔顺), shown as a visual aid with the naming difference stated.
TOP: THE DOUBLED PAIR-PIECE, WRITTEN LIKE 並 (THE SOURCE'S ACCOUNT NAMES 并)
and; both; side by side (literary form of 并)
The traditional doubled-pair graph (bìng); where its written shape appears as a top piece, that page states the written role and any naming difference.
In 普: top: the doubled pair-piece, written like 並 (the source's account names 并) Shown as the written top; not taught as a standalone word.
BOTTOM: THE SUN PIECE (ZDIC 从日)
sun; day
日 gives a sun/day/time clue in combined characters.
In 普: bottom: the sun piece (ZDIC 从日) Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.
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