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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N3

776 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: floating, float, rise to surface

Kunyomi: う.く, う.かれる, う.かぶ, う.かべる

Onyomi: フ

Composition: 氵 孚

浮

Radical

Radical: 水

Reading: さんずい

Meaning: water

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

浮力(ふりょく)   buoyancy, floating power

浮浪者(ふろうしゃ)   vagrant, homeless

浮遊する(ふゆうする)   float, wander

浮上する(ふじょうする)   surface, rise to the surface

浮かべる(うかべる)   float, express, look [v.t.]

浮かぶ(うかぶ)   float, rise to surface [v.i.]

浮く(うく)   float [v.i.]

浮き世(うきよ)   fleeting life, this transient world

浮世絵(うきよえ)   ukiyoe

浮かれる(うかれる)   make merry, be festive

*浮気(うわき)   illicit love affair

*浮つく(うわつく)   be flippant, frivolous [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

浮沈 (フチン) floating and sinking, rise and fall, ebb and flow, ups and downs

浮上 (フジョウ) surfacing, rising to the surface, emerging, leaping into prominence, rising (of rank)

軽浮 (ケイフ) fickle, frivolous

Kunyomi Examples

浮く (うく) to float, to become merry, to be cheerful, to become loose, to become unsteady, to feel out of it, to be cut off (e.g. from those around you), to feel out of place, to be frivolous, to be uncertain, to have (time, money, etc.) left over, to be saved (e.g. money), to have no basis, to be unreliable

浮かれる (うかれる) to make merry, to be festive

浮かぶ (うかぶ) to float, to be suspended, to rise to the surface, to appear, to emerge, to show up, to loom (up), to come to mind, to have inspiration

浮かぶ瀬 (うかぶせ) chance, opportunity, lucky break

浮かべる (うかべる) to float, to set afloat, to launch, to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.), to recall, to call to mind, to imagine, to think of

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