— floating, float, rise to surface

  • JLPT N3
  • 10 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 水
  • #776 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi
Kun'yomi
う.くう.かれるう.かぶう.かべる

Example words

  • 浮かべるうかべる(1) to float (2) to express; to look (sad, glad) (3) to think; to imagine; to remember
  • 浮気うわき(1) extramarital sex; affair; fooling around (2) infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness; inconstancy; fickleness; caprice
  • 浮かぶうかぶ(1) to float; to be suspended (2) to rise to surface (3) to come to mind; to have inspiration
  • 浮くうく(1) to float (2) to become merry; to be cheerful (3) to become loose; to become unsteady (4) to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you); to feel out of place (5) to be frivolous; to be uncertain (6) to have no basis; to be unreliable
  • 浮力ふりょくbuoyancy; floating power