Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1709 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: seethe, boil, ferment, uproar, breed

Kunyomi: わ.く わ.かす

Onyomi: フツ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: さんずい

Meaning: water

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

点(ふってん)   boiling point

騰する(ふっとうする)   boil, seethe [v.i.]

する(しゃふつする)   boil, scald [v.t.]

かす(わかす)   boil up [v.t.]

かし器(ゆわかしき)   hot-water heater

く(わく)   boil, get excited [v.i.]

き返る(わきかえる)   seethe, get excited

Onyomi Examples

フツフツ simmer, bubble out, flow out

フツフツ simmer, bubble out, flow out

Kunyomi Examples

わく to grow hot (e.g. water), to boil, to get excited (at), to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.), to be in a ferment, to take place energetically, to ferment, to melt (of metal)

かす わかす to boil, to heat, to excite, to melt (metal)