Memory phrase for the character: 浮

浮

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Meaning

float, fleet, surface

Pronunciation

FU
uku/kabu/kaberu/kareru

Explanation

 Left: water 氵, right: nourish 孚 (hand reaching down 爫 to a child 子)

Mnemonic
 
Into the water a hand is reaching down for a child that is floating.

Radicals

氵 waterThe radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水
爫 grap downwardsThe radical notsu shows a hand which is reaching downwards.
子 childThe radical ko shows the image of a child with a large head and outstretched arms.




 Vocabulary

浮かべる うかべる  to float, to express, look (sad, glad)
浮く うく  to float, to become merry, to become loose
浮力 ふりょく  buoyancy, floating power
浮ぶ うかぶ  to float, to rise to surface, to come to mind
浮雲 うきぐも  drifting, floating cloud
浮気 うわき  flighty, fickle, wanton, unfaithful

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