浮 — floating, float, rise to surface

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi

• ふ fu

Kun'yomi

• う.く u.ku
• う.かれる u.kareru
• う.かぶ u.kabu
• む mu
• う.かべる u.kaberu

Words that use 浮

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

• 浮かぶ うかぶ to float JLPT N2
• 浮かべる うかべる to float JLPT N2
• 浮く うく to float JLPT N2
• 浮気 うわき extramarital sex JLPT N1
• 浮力 ふりょく buoyancy JLPT N1