浮 — bu

Parts that make up 浮

How 浮 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 浮 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 孚.

Korean example words with 浮

• 부생浮生 Korean gloss: 덧없는 인생
• 부세浮世 Korean gloss: 덧없는 세상
• 부초浮草 Korean gloss: 물에 떠서 사는 풀
• 부명浮名 Korean gloss: 실속 없는 헛된 명성
• 부객浮客 Korean gloss: 정처 없이 떠돌아다니는 나그네
• 부비浮費 Korean gloss: 일을 하는 데 써서 없어지는 돈
• 부기浮氣 Korean gloss: 부종(浮腫)으로 인하여 부은 상태
• 부운浮雲 Korean gloss: 덧없는 세상일을 비유적으로 이르는 말
• 부표浮標 Korean gloss: 물 위에 띄워 어떤 표적으로 삼는 물건
• 부유浮遊 Korean gloss: 행선지를 정하지 아니하고 이리저리 떠돌아다님
• 부황浮黃 Korean gloss: 오래 굶주려서 살가죽이 들떠서 붓고 누렇게 되는 병
• 부랑浮浪 Korean gloss: 일정하게 사는 곳과 하는 일 없이 이리저리 떠돌아다님

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 浮

• 浮き彫りうきぼり relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore
• 浮揚ふよう floating (e.g. in air, water); floatation; buoyancy
• 浮動票ふどうひょう swing vote
• 浮上ふじょう surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging
• 浮世絵うきよえ ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print
• 浮かび上がるうかびあがる to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity)
• 浮かべるうかべる to float; to set afloat; to launch
• 浮きうき floating; buoyancy; fishing float
• 浮気うわき extramarital sex; affair; fooling around
• 浮沈ふちん floating and sinking; rise and fall; ebb and flow
• 浮遊ふゆう floating; drifting; suspension
• 浮かぶうかぶ to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface

Characters sharing the phonetic 孚

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “부” in Korean.

Other hanja read “부”

Other hanja with radical 水