泡 – bubbles, foam, suds

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The kanji 泡 means bubbles, foam, suds, froth. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ホウ (hou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あわ (awa). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ホウ	hou
Kun’yomi	あわ	awa

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 汁・勹・已.

Words using 泡

泡あわbubble

Example sentences

くだける波が泡を作った。

The breaking waves formed foam.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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