# 浮

| 浮 | U+6D6E, &#28014; 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 3214$_7$, 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

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

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

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): fú (fu$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fu$^2$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фу (fu, I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fau$^4$ / pou$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fèu / phò / fù / phèu / phù
* Eastern Min (BUC): pèu / pù
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phû / hû / hô͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): pu$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$vu; $^6$veu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): hou$^2$ / bau$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fú
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fú
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^2$
*** Yale: fú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwu
*** Palladius: фу (fu)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: fu$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fu
*** Sinological IPA : /fu²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фу (fu, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /fou²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fau$^4$ / pou$^4$
*** Yale: fàuh / pòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fau$^4$ / pou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: feo$^4$ / pou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɐu̯²¹/, /pʰou̯²¹/
* fau4 - literary;
* pou4 - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: bjuw
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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fóu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m.b(r)u/
    (Zhengzhang): /*bu/
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

浮
* to float
    浮在水面 ― fú zài shuǐmiàn ― float on (top of) water
    浮雲／浮云 ― fúyún ― floating clouds
* (dialectal) to swim
    浮水 ― fúshuǐ ― to swim
* superficial
    浮土 ― fútǔ ― surface soil
* temporary
* movable
    浮財／浮财 ― fúcái ― movable property
* frivolous
* hollow; inflated
    浮誇／浮夸 ― fúkuā ― boastful; pompous
* excessive; surplus
* (Eastern Min, Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) to deep-fry
    Alternative form: 烰
* (Hokkien) to boil (food)
    Alternative form: 烰

#### Synonyms

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

### Compounds

* 上浮 (shàngfú)
* 下浮 (xiàfú)
* 不浮
* 人浮於事 / 人浮于事 (rénfúyúshì)
* 人浮於食 / 人浮于食
* 囂浮 / 嚣浮
* 富貴浮雲 / 富贵浮云
* 幽浮 (yōufú)
* 弓影浮杯
* 心浮氣躁 / 心浮气躁
* 心粗氣浮 / 心粗气浮
* 懸浮 / 悬浮 (xuánfú)
* 懸浮物 / 悬浮物
* 打拍浮
* 拍浮
* 暴虐浮躁
* 水浮
* 沉李浮瓜
* 沉浮 (chénfú)
* 流血浮尸
* 浮一大白
* 浮上心頭 / 浮上心头
* 浮上水
* 浮下水
* 浮世 (fúshì)
* 浮世繪 / 浮世绘 (fúshìhuì)
* 浮侈
* 浮來暫去 / 浮来暂去
* 浮借
* 浮光 (fúguāng)
* 浮光掠影 (fúguānglüèyǐng)
* 浮冒
* 浮冗
* 浮冰 (fúbīng)
* 浮利
* 浮力 (fúlì)
* 浮動 / 浮动 (fúdòng)
* 浮動匯率 / 浮动汇率
* 浮動工資制 / 浮动工资制
* 浮動領土 / 浮动领土
* 浮厝
* 浮吊
* 浮名 (fúmíng)
* 浮名薄利
* 浮名虛利 / 浮名虚利
* 浮名虛譽 / 浮名虚誉
* 浮囊
* 浮圓子 / 浮圆子
* 浮圖 / 浮图 (Fútú)
* 浮土 (fútǔ)
* 浮報 / 浮报
* 浮塢 / 浮坞
* 浮塵 / 浮尘 (fúchén)
* 浮塵子 / 浮尘子 (fúchénzǐ)
* 浮士德 (Fúshìdé)
* 浮天
* 浮奢
* 浮子 (fúzi)
* 浮家泛宅
* 浮小麥 / 浮小麦 (fúxiǎomài)
* 浮屍 / 浮尸 (fúshī)
* 浮屠 (Fútú)
* 浮山 (Fúshān)
* 浮岩 (fúyán)
* 浮性
* 浮想 (fúxiǎng)
* 浮想聯翩 / 浮想联翩
* 浮托
* 浮揚 / 浮扬
* 浮收
* 浮文
* 浮末
* 浮板 (fúbǎn)
* 浮梁 (Fúliáng)
* 浮梗
* 浮棚
* 浮棧橋 / 浮栈桥
* 浮榮 / 浮荣
* 浮槎
* 浮標 / 浮标 (fúbiāo)
* 浮橋 / 浮桥 (fúqiáo)
* 浮氣 / 浮气
* 浮水 (fúshuǐ)
* 浮水衣
* 浮沉 (fúchén)
* 浮沉船塢 / 浮沉船坞
* 浮沉酒醆 / 浮沉酒盏
* 浮泛 (fúfàn)
* 浮浮
* 浮浪
* 浮浪人
* 浮淺 / 浮浅 (fúqiǎn)
* 浮游 (fúyóu)
* 浮游生物 (fúyóu shēngwù)
* 浮滑 (fúhuá)
* 浮漂 (fúpiāo)
* 浮漾
* 浮漚 / 浮沤
* 浮潛 / 浮潜 (fúqián)
* 浮濫 / 浮滥
* 浮災 / 浮灾
* 浮炭
* 浮現 / 浮现 (fúxiàn)
* 浮環 / 浮环
* 浮瓜沉李
* 浮瓜避暑
* 浮生 (fúshēng)
* 浮生六記 / 浮生六记
* 浮生如寄
* 浮生植物
* 浮生瞬息
* 浮生若夢 / 浮生若梦 (fúshēngruòmèng)
* 浮生若寄
* 浮白
* 浮皮
* 浮皮兒 / 浮皮儿
* 浮皮潦草
* 浮皮蹭癢 / 浮皮蹭痒
* 浮石 (fúshí)
* 浮石沉木
* 浮碼頭 / 浮码头
* 浮禮 / 浮礼
* 浮禮兒 / 浮礼儿
* 浮秤
* 浮空
* 浮筒
* 浮簽 / 浮签
* 浮紅 / 浮红
* 浮翠流丹
* 浮而不實 / 浮而不实
* 浮聲切響 / 浮声切响
* 浮脈 / 浮脉
* 浮脆
* 浮腫 / 浮肿 (fúzhǒng)
* 浮船塢 / 浮船坞 (fúchuánwù)
* 浮花
* 浮花浪蕊
* 浮萍 (fúpíng)
* 浮華 / 浮华 (fúhuá)
* 浮華世界 / 浮华世界
* 浮萍大海
* 浮萍斷梗 / 浮萍断梗
* 浮萍浪梗
* 浮蕩 / 浮荡 (fúdàng)
* 浮薄
* 浮蟻 / 浮蚁
* 浮言 (fúyán)
* 浮記 / 浮记
* 浮詞 / 浮词
* 浮詞曲說 / 浮词曲说
* 浮話 / 浮话
* 浮誇 / 浮夸 (fúkuā)
* 浮說 / 浮说
* 浮語虚辭 / 浮语虚辞
* 浮語虛辭 / 浮语虚辞
* 浮議 / 浮议 (fúyì)
* 浮譽 / 浮誉
* 浮豔 / 浮艳
* 浮財 / 浮财 (fúcái)
* 浮費 / 浮费
* 浮躁 (fúzào)
* 浮辭 / 浮辞
* 浮逃
* 浮鋪 / 浮铺
* 浮雕 (fúdiāo)
* 浮雲 / 浮云 (fúyún)
* 浮雲富貴 / 浮云富贵
* 浮雲朝露 / 浮云朝露
* 浮雲翳日 / 浮云翳日
* 浮雲蔽日 / 浮云蔽日
* 浮雲遊子 / 浮云游子
* 浮雲驚龍 / 浮云惊龙
* 浮露
* 浮靡
* 浮面 (fúmiàn)
* 浮面兒 / 浮面儿
* 浮頭 / 浮头 (fútóu)
* 浮頭兒 / 浮头儿
* 浮頭食 / 浮头食
* 浮額 / 浮额
* 浮鬆 / 浮松
* 浮點 / 浮点
* 游辭浮說 / 游辞浮说
* 漂浮 (piāofú)
* 玻璃浮雕
* 磁浮火車 / 磁浮火车
* 粗心浮氣 / 粗心浮气
* 羅浮夢 / 罗浮梦
* 羅浮宮 / 罗浮宫 (Luófúgōng)
* 羅浮山 / 罗浮山 (Luófúshān)
* 與世沉浮 / 与世沉浮
* 與世浮沉 / 与世浮沉
* 與時浮沉 / 与时浮沉
* 萍浮
* 虛浮 / 虚浮 (xūfú)
* 載沉載浮 / 载沉载浮
* 輕浮 / 轻浮 (qīngfú)
* 輕浪浮薄 / 轻浪浮薄
* 輕災浮難 / 轻灾浮难
* 閻浮 / 阎浮 (yánfú)
* 陰虛陽浮 / 阴虚阳浮
* 隨世沉浮 / 随世沉浮
* 隨俗沉浮 / 随俗沉浮
* 隨俗浮沉 / 随俗浮沉
* 雲浮 / 云浮 (Yúnfú)
* 飄浮 / 飘浮 (piāofú)
* 飄浮球 / 飘浮球
* 飛揚浮躁 / 飞扬浮躁

### 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)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 浮 |
| Kyūjitai | 浮󠄁 浮+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 浮󠄃 浮+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* 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)、うき (uki, 浮き)、うく (uku, 浮く, Jōyō)、すぎる (sugiru, 浮ぎる)
* Nanori: ちか (chika)

### References

* ↑ “浮”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

## Korean
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [pu]
* Phonetic hangul: [부]

### Hanja

Wikisource 浮 (eumhun 뜰 부 (tteul bu))
* hanja form of 부 (“to float”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

浮: Hán Nôm readings: phù, nổi
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