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浮

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

Translingual

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Han character

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

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 浮
alternative forms 鳧／凫

Glyph origin

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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).

Etymology

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Related to 漂 (OC *pʰew, *pʰews, “to float, drift”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • fau4 - literary;
  • pou4 - vernacular.
Note:
  • fèu, phò, phèu, phù - vernacular;
  • fù - literary.
Note:
  • pèu - literary;
  • pù - vernacular.
Note:
  • phû - vernacular;
  • hû - literary.
Note:
  • hou2 - literary;
  • bau2 - vernacular.
    Rime
    Character 浮
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 並 (3)
    Final (韻) 尤 (136)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 縛謀切
    Baxter bjuw
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/bɨu/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/biu/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/biəu/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/buw/
    Li
    Rong         		/biu/
    Wang
    Li         		/bĭəu/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/bʱi̯ə̯u/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		fóu
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		fau4
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 浮
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		fú
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ bjuw ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*m.b(r)u/
    English float (v.)

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 浮
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 3346
    Phonetic
    component         		孚
    Rime
    group         		幽
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		浮
    Old
    Chinese         		/*bu/

    Definitions

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    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

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

    Compounds

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    Descendants

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

    References

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    Japanese

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    Shinjitai 浮
    Kyūjitai
    [1]
    浮󠄁
    浮+&#xE0101;?
    (Adobe-Japan1)         		 
    浮󠄃
    浮+&#xE0103;?
    (Hanyo-Denshi)
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    Kanji

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    浮

    (Jōyō kanji)

    1. to float

    Readings

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    References

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    1. ^ “浮”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

    Korean

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    Etymology

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

    Pronunciation

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    Hanja

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    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    浮 (eumhun 뜰 부 (tteul bu))

    1. hanja form? of 부 (“to float”)

    Vietnamese

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    Han character

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    浮: Hán Nôm readings: phù, nổi

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