浮
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Translingual
Han character
浮 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水月弓木 (EBND), four-corner 32147, composition ⿰氵孚)
Derived characters
- 𠸷, 𬈽, 𤂆, 𭳄, 𪃽, 𦷰, 𦋵, 𮊑, 𥰛, 㐢
References
- KangXi: page 624, character 23
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17487
- Dae Jaweon: page 1022, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1629, character 4
- Unihan data for U+6D6E
Chinese
| simp. and trad. | 浮 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 鳧／凫 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 浮 | |
|---|---|
| Spring and Autumn | Warring States |
| Bronze inscriptions | Qin slip script |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (孚) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 殍 | *brɯwʔ, *browʔ, *pʰuw |
| 脬 | *pʰruː |
| 捊 | *bruː, *buw |
| 莩 | *browʔ, *pʰuw |
| 哹 | *pu, *bu |
| 浮 | *bu |
| 蜉 | *bu |
| 桴 | *bu, *pʰuw |
| 罦 | *bu, *pʰuw |
| 琈 | *bu |
| 粰 | *bu |
| 烰 | *bu |
| 艀 | *bu |
| 俘 | *pʰuw |
| 孚 | *pʰuw |
| 孵 | *pʰuw |
| 稃 | *pʰuw |
| 郛 | *pʰuw |
| 筟 | *pʰuw |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *bu) : semantic 水 (“river”) + phonetic 孚 (OC *pʰuw).
Pronunciation
Definitions
浮
- to float
- 浮在水面 ― fú zài shuǐmiàn ― float on (top of) water
- 浮雲／浮云 ― fúyún ― floating clouds
- (dialectal) to swim
- 浮水 ― fúshuǐ ― to swim
- superficial
- 浮土 ― fútǔ ― surface soil
- temporary
- movable
- 浮財／浮财 ― fúcái ― movable property
- frivolous
- hollow; inflated
- 浮誇／浮夸 ― fúkuā ― boastful; pompous
- excessive; surplus
- (Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) to deep-fry
- alt. forms: 烰
- (Hokkien) to boil (food)
- alt. forms: 烰
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 炸 (“to deep-fry”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 炸, 油炸 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 炸 |
| Taiwan | 炸 | |
| Singapore | 炸 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 炸 |
| Hong Kong | 炸 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 炸 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 炸 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 浮 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 浮 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 浮 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 浮 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 浮 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 糋 | |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 炸, 浮 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 糋, 浮, 乍 |
| Quanzhou | 糋, 浮, 乍 | |
| Zhangzhou | 糋, 浮, 乍 | |
| Tainan | 糋, 浮, 乍 GT | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 糋 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 糋 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 糋 | |
| Chaozhou | 炸 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 煠, 炸 |
| Ningbo | 煠 | |
| Zhenhai | 煠 | |
| Fenghua | 煠 | |
| Zhoushan | 煠 | |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |
Compounds
Derived terms from 浮
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Descendants
- → Proto-Tai: *wuːᴬ (“to float”)
- Thai: ฟู (fuu, “to float, to swell”)
References
- “浮”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
| Shinjitai | 浮 | |
| Kyūjitai [1] | 浮󠄁 浮+ 󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1) |  |
| 浮󠄃 浮+ 󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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Kanji
浮
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- to float
Readings
- Go-on: ぶ (bu)
- Kan-on: ふう (fū)
- Kan’yō-on: ふ (fu, Jōyō)
- Kun: うかぶ (ukabu, 浮かぶ, Jōyō); うかべる (ukaberu, 浮かべる, Jōyō); うかれる (ukareru, 浮かれる, Jōyō); うき (uki, 浮き); うく (uku, 浮く, Jōyō); すぎる (sugiru, 浮ぎる)
- Nanori: ちか (chika)
References
- “浮”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia) (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023
Korean
Hanja
浮 (eumhun 뜰 부 (tteul bu))
- Hanja form? of 부 (“to float”).
Vietnamese
Han character
浮: Hán Nôm readings: phù, nổi
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