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泡 means 'bubble'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 1932   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-36    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 28 words   Used in 53 words   Used in 33 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ホウ
Kun
   あわ bubble
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Learn to talk about bubble baths, soapsuds, frothy waves, and whipped cream, as well as many types of alcohol, from bubbling champagne, foaming beer, and sparkling wine to happoshu, Hoppy mixed with shochu, and awamori. Find out what it means to "eat bubbles." Also discover ways of saying that efforts are in vain or that things (including companies) are as short-lived as bubbles.
Components
⿰  氵 (水) water  包 wrap  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 泡 is used 4 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 泡 is used 50 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ホウ : 15 words FIND ALL
き ほ う 0
noun
(air) bubble (esp. in a liquid)
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ホウ (read as ぽう) : 9 words FIND ALL
は っ ぽ う 0
foaming
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あわ : 26 words FIND ALL
あ わ 3
noun
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
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An additional 3 less common words include 泡 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1795  Joy o' Kanji : 1795  Key to Kanji: - 

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泡
ホウ   あわ bubble   
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包
ホウ   つつむ to wrap   
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勹
wrap
己
コ   キ   おのれ self   
氵
スイ   みず water   
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