cloth

to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known

a picture of 布 → cloth spread out flat

The top portion of 布 is not a standard named component — it likely reflects an ancient hand gesture or a simplified form related to spreading. The cloth radical 巾 anchors the core meaning: fabric, something draped or spread out.

ClothSemantic

这块的颜色很好看。

zhè kuài bù de yán sè hěn hǎo kàn。

The color of this piece of cloth is very nice.

政府公了新的规定。

zhèng fǔ gōng bù le xīn de guī dìng。

The government announced the new regulations.

Words with 布

布建

bù jiàn

to progressively extend (service delivery, network etc) to a wider area

布雷

bù léi

to lay mines

基布兹

jī bù zī

kibbutz

忽布

hū bù

hops

温布顿

wēn bù dùn

Wimbledon

通布图

tōng bù tú

Timbuktoo (town in Mali)

遍布

biàn bù

to cover the whole (area)

遐布

xiá bù

to spread far and wide

遮羞布

zhē xiū bù

loincloth

镇宁布依族苗族自治县

zhèn níng bù yī zú miáo zú zì zhì xiàn

Zhenning Buyei and Miao Autonomous County, in Anshun City 安順市|安顺市[An1 shun4 Shi4], Guizhou

开诚布公

kāi chéng bù gōng

variant of 開誠布公|开诚布公[kai1 cheng2 bu4 gong1]

关岭布依族苗族自治县

guān lǐng bù yī zú miáo zú zì zhì xiàn

Guanling Buyei and Miao Autonomous County, in Anshun City 安順市|安顺市[An1 shun4 Shi4], Guizhou

More characters with 巾