U+6251 "扑" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+6251 "扑" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the meanings of "to beat," "to rush at," or "to flap," and is commonly used in modern Chinese as both a verb and a component in compound words. It is composed of the radical "扌" (hand) on the left, indicating an action performed with the hand, and the phonetic component "卜" on the right, which provides a clue to its pronunciation as "pū" in Mandarin. This character appears frequently in everyday vocabulary, such as in "扑灭" meaning "to extinguish" and "扑克" meaning "poker," reflecting its versatility in describing physical actions and derived cultural concepts. Its classification as a CJK Unified Ideograph ensures its compatibility across digital systems for representing Chinese, Japanese, and Korean text.