| pú | refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis/common cattail/bullrush/surname Pu/old place name/phonetic po or pu |
| 蒲 | surname Pu old place name |
| 蒲公英 | dandelion Taraxacum mongolicum |
| 蒲剧 | Puzhou opera of Shanxi Province |
| 蒲包 | rush bag; cattail bag |
| 蒲县 | Pu county in Línfén 臨汾|临汾 |
| 蒲团 | praying mat (Buddhism, made of woven cattail) |
| 蒲圻 | Puqi, old name for Chibi county level city 赤壁市 |
| 蒲圻市 | Puqi, old name for Chibi county level city 赤壁市 |
| 蒲城 | Pucheng county in Wèinán 渭南 |
| 蒲城县 | Pucheng county in Wèinán 渭南 |
| 蒲墩 | A cattail hassock used for sitting on |
| 蒲席 | cattail mat; rush mat |
| 蒲式耳 | bushel (one eight of a gallon) |
| 蒲扇 | cattail-leaf fan |
| 蒲月 | Refers to May in the lunar calendar. It receives this name because each house hangs a calamus and wormwood leaves on the door in order to drive away evil spirits on the dragon boat festival in may. |
| 蒲松龄 | Pu Songling (1640-1715), author of 聊齋志異|聊斋志异 |
| 蒲柳 | big catkin willow |
| 蒲柳之姿 | feel like a willow withering at the approach of autumn; suffer from poor health |
| 蒲棒 | spike or male flower of cattail (Typha orientalis) |
| 蒲江 | Pujiang county in Chengdu 成都 |