漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
沸: seethe, boil
Also: ferment, uproar, breed
JLPT N28 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 氵water(meaning)
- 弗(sound)
氵 carries the meaning · 弗 gives the sound
8 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
フツfutsu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 沸点ふってんboiling point
- 沸騰するふっとうするboil, seethe [v.i.]
- 煮沸するしゃふつするboil, scald [v.t.]
わくwaku · kun'yomi · on its own
- 沸くわくboil, get excited [v.i.]
- 沸き返るわきかえるseethe, get excited
わかすwakasu · kun'yomi
- 沸かすわかすboil up [v.t.]
- 湯沸かし器ゆわかしきhot-water heater
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · fèi
Same form: 沸 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 沸 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 沸 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin fèi most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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