浮
浮·float
- On-yomi
- フ
- Kun-yomi
- う(く)う(かぶ)う(かべる)う(かれる)
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浮く | うく | to float |
| 浮かぶ | うかぶ | to float; to come to mind |
| 浮上 | ふじょう | surfacing, rising to prominence |
| 浮気 | うわき | infidelity, cheating |
Example sentences
木の葉が池に浮いている。
このはがいけにういている。
Leaves are floating on the pond.
歩いているうちにいい考えが浮かんだ。
あるいているうちにいいかんがえがうかんだ。
While I was walking a good idea came to me.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Reading 浮気 as ふき — it is うわき
- 浮かぶ is used for ideas coming to mind as much as for objects floating
Memory aid
Picture it
氵 (water) with a hand reaching over a child: held up so that it does not go under.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 浮かべるうかべるto float, show (expression)
- 浮上するふじょうするto surface, to emerge
- 目に浮かぶめにうかぶto come to mind; to picture
- 浮ぶうかぶto float, to rise to surface, to come to mind
- 浮くうくto float, to rise to the surface; to be left over (money); to feel out of place
- 浮かぶうかぶto float, come to mind
- 浮気うわきextramarital affair; cheating on a partner; fickleness; being flighty
- 浮力ふりょくbuoyancy; buoyant force; lift
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