沸

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 弗. 弗 also has meaning of “straighten, correct”, hence connotation of “correct, purify water by boiling”.

Han character

沸 (radical 85 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水中中弓 (ELLN), four-corner 3512₇)

1. boil, bubble up, gush

See also

• 湯

References

• KangXi: page 614, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17251
• Dae Jaweon: page 1007, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1597, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6CB8

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Cantonese

Hanzi

沸 (Yale fai3)

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Japanese

Kanji

沸 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ふつ (futsu)
• Kun: わく (waku), わかす (wakasu)

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Korean

Hanja

沸 (hangeul 비, 불, revised bi, bul, McCune-Reischauer pi, pul, Yale pi, pul)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

沸 (pinyin fèi (fei4), Wade-Giles fei⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

沸 (phí, phất)