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沸 means 'boil'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 2026   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-21    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: 55    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 19 words   Used in 34 words   Used in 11 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   フツ
Kun
   わかす to bring to a boil   わく to be boiling
Components
⿰  氵 (水) water  弗 dollar  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 沸 is used 4 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 沸 is used 31 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).
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フツ (read as ふっ) : 9 words FIND ALL
ふ っ と う 0
boiling; seething
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フツ : 4 words FIND ALL
し ゃ ふ つ 0
boiling up
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フツ (read as ぷつ) : 1 word FIND ALL
explosive boil (after a liquid has been heated to its boiling point); bumping
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わかす : 17 words FIND ALL
わ か す 0
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to boil; to heat  (this meaning is restricted to form 沸かす)
2. to excite  (this meaning is restricted to form 沸かす)
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Additional less common words include 沸 but readings have not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1767  Joy o' Kanji : 1767  Key to Kanji: - 

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沸
フツ   boil   わかす to bring to a boil   わく to be boiling   
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弗
dollar; fluorine   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
丨
stick   
弓
キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
氵
スイ   みず water   
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