Chinese Character 浮 Meanings and components.

Form

浮

Meaning

浮 meaning[3] in English

To Float.

Superficial.

Floating.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 浮 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and to trust (孚)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with EBND

How to write 浮

To write浮fu2to float you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 孚fu2to trust arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 孚 = 浮

浮 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 浮 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 浮, looks as follow:

浮
Pinyin:fu2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Float . Superficial . Floating . Unstable . Movable . Provisional . Temporary . Transient . Impetuous . Hollow . Inflated . To Exceed . Superfluous . Excessive . Surplus
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
孚
Pinyin:fu2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Trust . To Believe In
爫
Pinyin:zhao3
Meaning[3]: 'Claw' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 87)
子
Pinyin:zi5
Meaning[3]: Son . Child . Seed . Egg . Small Thing . 1st Earthly Branch: 11 P.M.-1 A.M., Midnight, 11th Solar Month (7th December To 5th January), Year Of The Rat . Viscount, Fourth Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4] . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 0° (North)

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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