浮

浮 U+6D6E, 浮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D6E ← 浭 [U+6D6D] CJK Unified Ideographs 浯 → [U+6D6F]

Translingual

Han character

浮 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水月弓木 (EBND), four-corner 3214₇, composition ⿰氵孚)

Derived characters

• 𠸷, 𬈽, 𤂆, 𭳄, 𪃽, 𦷰, 𦋵, 𮊑, 𥰛, 㐢

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 624, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17487
• Dae Jaweon: page 1022, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1629, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6D6E

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		浮
alternative forms		鳧／凫

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 浮
Spring and Autumn	Warring States
Bronze inscriptions	Qin slip script

Characters in the same phonetic series (孚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
殍	*brɯwʔ, *browʔ, *pʰuw
脬	*pʰruː
捊	*bruː, *buw
莩	*browʔ, *pʰuw
哹	*pu, *bu
浮	*bu
蜉	*bu
桴	*bu, *pʰuw
罦	*bu, *pʰuw
琈	*bu
粰	*bu
烰	*bu
艀	*bu
俘	*pʰuw
孚	*pʰuw
孵	*pʰuw
稃	*pʰuw
郛	*pʰuw
筟	*pʰuw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bu) : semantic 水 (“river”) + phonetic 孚 (OC *pʰuw).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 浮

1. to float

   浮在水面  ―  fú zài shuǐmiàn  ―  float on (top of) water

   浮雲／浮云  ―  fúyún  ―  floating clouds

2. (dialectal) to swim

   浮水  ―  fúshuǐ  ―  to swim

3. superficial

   浮土  ―  fútǔ  ―  surface soil

4. temporary
5. movable

   浮財／浮财  ―  fúcái  ―  movable property

6. frivolous
7. hollow; inflated

   浮誇／浮夸  ―  fúkuā  ―  boastful; pompous

8. excessive; surplus
9. (Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) to deep-fry

   alt. forms: 烰 (fú)

10. (Hokkien) to boil (food)

    alt. forms: 烰 (fú)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 炸 (“to deep-fry”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		炸, 油炸
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	炸
	Taiwan	炸
	Singapore	炸
Cantonese	Guangzhou	炸
	Hong Kong	炸
	Singapore (Guangfu)	炸
Hakka	Meixian	炸
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	浮
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	炸
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	浮
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	浮
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	浮, 炸
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	浮
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	浮
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	浮
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	糋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	炸, 浮
Southern Min	Xiamen	糋, 浮, 乍
	Quanzhou	糋, 浮, 乍
	Zhangzhou	糋, 浮, 乍
	Tainan	糋, 浮, 乍 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	糋
	Singapore (Hokkien)	糋
	Manila (Hokkien)	糋
	Chaozhou	炸
Wu	Shanghai	炸, 氽, 煠
	Suzhou	氽, 煠
	Wuxi	煠
	Hangzhou	煠, 氽
	Ningbo	煠, 氽
	Ningbo (Zhenhai)	煠
	Ningbo (Fenghua)	煠
	Zhoushan	煠
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Descendants

• → Proto-Tai: *wuːᴬ (“to float”)
  • Thai: ฟู (fuu, “to float, to swell”)

References

• “浮”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

浮

(Jōyō kanji)

1. to float

Readings

• Go-on: ぶ (bu)
• Kan-on: ふう (fū)
• Kan’yō-on: ふ (fu, Jōyō)
• Kun: うかぶ (ukabu, 浮かぶ, Jōyō)、うかべる (ukaberu, 浮かべる, Jōyō)、うかれる (ukareru, 浮かれる, Jōyō)、うく (uku, 浮く, Jōyō)
• Nanori: ちか (chika)

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Korean

Hanja

浮 (eumhun 뜰 부 (tteul bu))

1. hanja form^? of 부 (“to float”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

浮: Hán Nôm readings: phù, nổi

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