沸 — seethe, boil, ferment

わく沸 seethe

わく

U+6CB8 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1709 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1325 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

seethe
boil
ferment
uproar
breed

Readings

On'yomi: ふつ futsu
Kun'yomi: わ wa

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わ wa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

沸(わ) く waku to boil 沸(わ) かす wakasu to boil

ふっ fu

沸(ふっ) 騰(とう) futtou boiling

Words by frequency and grade

3 words

Each dot is a word containing 沸: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 1 word has no frequency rank; it sits in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

氵 water (left form)

弗 not

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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