部
Components

浮 means 'float'

Animation / stroke order not available.
CHALLENGE
BUILD
DRAW
MATCH
KEYWORDS
LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
Strokes : 10    Frequency: 536   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-14    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: 27    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 135 words   Used in 185 words   Used in 208 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   フ
Kun
   うかぶ   うく to float   うかべる to launch, to refloat, to waft   うかれる to frolic
Additional readings
Kun    む
Name    うき
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 浮 - click the badge to download
See what role 浮 plays in dejection and in happiness so intense that it causes accidents. Find out what "loose teeth" means figuratively. Learn to say 'I feel out of place,' 'The tree stands out against the sky,' and 'He's cheating.' Discover what floated in the "Floating World" of Edo. Inspire memories and ideas by combining body parts with 浮. Also learn about maglev trains in Japan!
Components
⿰  氵 (水) water  孚 nourishment  
Explore these components visually on The Kanji Map ⇗
Mastery
LOG IN to view kanji mastery data
Flashcards
LOG IN to view your flashcards
Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 浮 is used 12 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation). 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 浮 is used 172 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations). 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
Showing:
フ : 81 words FIND ALL
ふ じ ょ う 0
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; levitation
(click the word for examples and links)
フ (read as ぶ) : 1 word FIND ALL
え ん ぶ だ い 3
noun
Jambudvipa; continent of the terrestrial world  (Buddhist term)
(click the word for examples and links)
む : 2 words FIND ALL
む く み 3 む く み 0
Most common form: むくみ
noun
swelling; edema; oedema
(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, examples and links)
うかぶ : 64 words FIND ALL
う か ぶ 0
1. to float; to be suspended
2. to rise to surface
(click the word to view an additional 1 meaning and 4 forms, examples and links)
うき: 23 words. FIND ALL
う き よ え 0 う き よ え 3
noun
ukiyoe (color print of everyday life in the Edo period) (colour)
(click the word for examples and links)
Part of a non-standard reading: 1 word. FIND ALL
う わ き 0
1. extramarital sex; affair; fooling around
2. infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness; inconstancy; fickleness; caprice
(click the word to view an additional 3 forms, examples and links)
An additional うき less common words include 浮 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Quick links
QUICK SEARCH WORD SEARCH KANJI SEARCH COMPONENT SEARCH Find kanji that refer to 浮
More information
Wiktionary ⇗ | Unicode.org ⇗ | Google Japan ⇗ | Hanziyuan etymology ⇗
Additional data
Henshall: 1752  Joy o' Kanji : 1752  Key to Kanji: 917 

Cascading kanji view

浮
フ   うかぶ    うく to float   うかべる to launch, to refloat, to waft   うかれる to frolic   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
孚
nourishment   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
子
シ   ス   こ child   
爫
claw
氵
スイ   みず water   
Problem with this kanji? Question or comment? Please CONTACT US.
Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.
Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.
×