Meanings

Bubbles, Foam, Suds, Froth

Radicals

氵

Decomposition

⿰氵包

Etymology

Pictophonetic: water

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 8

Stroke Order

1 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

2 dot bottom-to-top

3 rising bottom-to-top

4 diagonal right-to-left

5 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

6 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 curve bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ホウ hou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

あわ awa

Words Using This Kanji

52 words total

Other (12 words)

発泡ゴムはっぽうゴム

foam rubber

夢幻泡影むげんほうよう

a dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow (metaphor for the transience of life)

泡ぶくあわぶく

bubble (esp. of saliva)

antifoam

to come to naught

slightly sparkling

bubbly

Japanese astilbe (Astilbe japonica)

泡舟あわぶね

Bostrycapulus aculeatus (species of sea snail)

泡食うあわくう

to be flurried

一泡ひとあわ

blow

一泡吹かせるひとあわふかせる

to give someone a surprise

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