CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- fu2
- English meanings
- to float, superficial, floating, unstable, movable, provisional, temporary, transient, impetuous, hollow, inflated, to exceed, superfluous, excessive, surplus
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 氵; right 孚.
Meaning & sound clues
氵 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “water”.
孚 is identified as the sound component (fú). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 浮.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
pay
lie prostrate; volt; dog days
Buddha
capture; prisoner
bow; look down
tutor; surname
measure word (general)
instruct; order
again; complex; recover
husband; man
woman; wife
trust; convince
hatch; incubate
be rich in
size
government office; mansion
again; restore
help
stroke; comfort
enough
axe
dress
father
felicity
symbol; match
bind; tie up
skin
rotten; corrupt
belly; abdomen
cloth wrapper (in 包袱)
cover; overturn
betray
tax; compose; endowment
go
assist; auxiliary
spoke; radiation
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