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浮 う.く、う.かれる、う.かぶ、む、う.かべる floating, float, rise to surface 3 776 10 85 みず・したみず・さんずい 形声 Phonetic Floating rubber ducky!!! 730

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フ うき 浮かべる(うかべる): (1) to float (2) to express; to look (sad, glad) (3) to think; to imagine; to remember浮気(うわき): (1) extramarital sex; affair; fooling around (2) infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness; inconstancy; fickleness; caprice浮かぶ(うかぶ): (1) to float; to be suspended (2) to rise to surface (3) to come to mind; to have inspiration浮く(うく): (1) to float (2) to become merry; to be cheerful (3) to become loose; to become unsteady (4) to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you); to feel out of place (5) to be frivolous; to be uncertain (6) to have no basis; to be unreliable浮力(ふりょく): buoyancy; floating power S 水: water孚: sincere; nourish; encase 水 4 (none) floating A nest of fledglings somehow fell into the water (maybe it was perched on a tree bending over the river), but they are safe for now as the nest is floating. The fledglings are enjoying the cruise but they are soon coming to a great waterfall... ( a little drama to help us remember the story).

Kanji	浮
Onyomi	フ
Kunyomi	う.く、う.かれる、う.かぶ、む、う.かべる
Nanori	うき
English	floating, float, rise to surface
Examples	浮かべる(うかべる): (1) to float (2) to express; to look (sad, glad) (3) to think; to imagine; to remember 浮気(うわき): (1) extramarital sex; affair; fooling around (2) infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness; inconstancy; fickleness; caprice 浮かぶ(うかぶ): (1) to float; to be suspended (2) to rise to surface (3) to come to mind; to have inspiration 浮く(うく): (1) to float (2) to become merry; to be cheerful (3) to become loose; to become unsteady (4) to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you); to feel out of place (5) to be frivolous; to be uncertain (6) to have no basis; to be unreliable 浮力(ふりょく): buoyancy; floating power
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	776
Components	水: water 孚: sincere; nourish; encase
Number of Strokes	10
Kanji Radical	水
Radical Number	85
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	みず・したみず・さんずい
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	floating
Koohii Story 1	Floating rubber ducky!!!
Koohii Story 2	A nest of fledglings somehow fell into the water (maybe it was perched on a tree bending over the river), but they are safe for now as the nest is floating. The fledglings are enjoying the cruise but they are soon coming to a great waterfall... ( a little drama to help us remember the story).
RTK Index	730

Floating Rise Surface Float Remember Feel Water Nest