泡 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

bubbles, foam, suds, froth

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ホウJHS
Kun (native)
  • あわJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音pao4
  • 拼音pao1
  • 한글po
  • Hán-ViệtPhao
  • Hán-ViệtBào

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
水(みず)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6CE1

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵包

Words using this kanji

  • あわ(あわ)液体が、気体を含み表面張力により球状となったもの。bubble, foam, froth, suds
  • 泡盛あわもり「あわもり」の漢字表記。awamori
  • 泡沫うたかた異常な好景気。バブル。 影響力の非常に弱いもの。存在意義の希薄なもの。bubble on surface of liquid, ephemeral, transient
  • 泡箱あわばこbubble chamber
  • 泡吹あわぶきMeliosma myriantha
  • 泡影ほうえい水泡と物影。物事が儚いこと。bubbles and shadows
  • 泡菜パオツァイpao cai, pow tsai
  • 泡姫あわひめsex worker (at a soapland)
  • 泡々あわあわbubbly, foamy, frothy
  • 泡舟あわぶねBostrycapulus aculeatus (species of sea snail)
  • 泡沫的ほうまつてきtransient, passing, fleeting, ephemeral
  • 泡立つあわだつあわだつを参照。to bubble, to foam, to froth
  • 泡立ちあわだちfoaming, frothing, lathering
  • 泡吹虫あわふきむしfroghopper (any insect of family Cercopidae), spittlebug
  • 泡風呂あわぶろbubble bath, jacuzzi, whirlpool bath
  • 泡洗車あわせんしゃcar wash (esp. hand car wash)
  • 泡舟貝あわぶねがいBostrycapulus gravispinosus (species of spiny slipper snail)
  • 泡ぶくあわぶくbubble (esp. of saliva), foam, froth
  • 泡食うあわくうto be flurried, to be confused, to lose one's head
  • 泡石鹸あわせっけんfoam soap

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(61 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-5
Four Corner
3711.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3a5.18
Heisig
572
Nelson
2523