浮 – floating, float, rise to surface

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#776 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 浮 means floating, float, rise to surface. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is フ (fu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is う.く、う.かれる、う.かぶ、う.かべる (uku, ukareru, ukabu, ukaberu). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	フ	fu
Kun’yomi	う.く	uku
Kun’yomi	う.かれる	ukareru
Kun’yomi	う.かぶ	ukabu
Kun’yomi	う.かべる	ukaberu

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: 子・汁・爪.

Words using 浮

浮ぶうかぶto float浮くうくto float浮かべるうかべるto float浮気うわきextramarital sex浮力ふりょくbuoyancy

Example sentences

１枚の落ち葉が水面に浮かんでいた。

A fallen leaf floated on the surface of the water.

Tatoeba #235649

浮かんだと思うとまた沈む。

Now it rises, now it sinks.

Tatoeba #84889

２週間新しいプロジェクトについて考えていましたが、よい考えが浮かびませんでした。

I had been thinking about our new project for two weeks, but I couldn't come up with a good idea.

Tatoeba #235475

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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