| 蒲 | pú | refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis; common cattail; bullrush; surname Pu; old place name |
| 菖蒲 | chāng pú | Acorus calamus; sweet sedge or sweet flag |
| 水菖蒲 | shuǐ chāng pú | Acorus calamus; sweet sedge or sweet flag |
| 洋蒲桃 | yáng pú táo | love apple; wax apple; Syzygium samarangense (botany) |
| 蒲公英 | pú gōng yīng | dandelion; Taraxacum mongolicum |
| 蒲剧 | pú jù | Puzhou opera of Shanxi Province |
| 蒲团 | pú tuán | praying mat (Buddhism, made of woven cattail) |
| 蒲圻 | Pú qí | Puqi, old name for Chibi county level city 赤壁市, Xianning 咸宁市, Hubei |
| 蒲圻市 | Pú qí shì | Puqi, old name for Chibi county level city 赤壁市, Xianning 咸宁市, Hubei |
| 蒲城 | Pú chéng | Pucheng county in Wèinán 渭南, Shǎnxī |
| 蒲城县 | Pú chéng xiàn | Pucheng county in Wèinán 渭南, Shǎnxī |
| 蒲式耳 | pú shì ěr | bushel (one eight of a gallon) |
| 蒲扇 | pú shàn | cattail-leaf fan |
| 蒲松龄 | Pú sōng líng | Pu Songling (1640-1715), author of 聊斋志异 |
| 蒲棒 | pú bàng | spike or male flower of cattail (Typha orientalis) |
| 蒲江 | Pú jiāng | Pujiang county in Chengdu 成都, Sichuan |
| 蒲江县 | Pú jiāng xiàn | Pujiang county in Chengdu 成都, Sichuan |
| 蒲瓜 | pú guā | white flowered gourd or calabash (family Crescentia) |
| 蒲甘 | Pú gān | Bagan (Pagan), ancient capital of Myanmar (Burma) |
| 蒲甘王朝 | Pú gān wáng cháo | Bagan (Pagan) Dynasty of Myanmar (Burma), 1044-1287 |
| 蒲县 | Pú xiàn | Pu county in Linfen 临汾, Shanxi |
| 蒲草箱 | pú cǎo xiāng | rush basket |
| 蒲葵 | pú kuí | Chinese fan palm; Livistona chinensis |
| 蒲鉾 | pú móu | kamaboko (fish paste made from surimi) |
| 蒲隆地 | Pú lóng dì | Burundi |
| 蒲鞋 | pú xié | straw sandals |
| 香蒲 | xiāng pú | Typha orientalis; broadleaf cumbungi; bulrush; cattail |
