浮 (fú): to float, superficial, floating
浮 (fú) is a Chinese character meaning “to float.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 孚 (phonetic). It ranks #1453 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 浮 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- to float
- superficial
- floating
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 漂浮verb | piāo fú | to float |
| 浮现verb | fú xiàn | (of a thought or image) to come to mind |
| 浮标noun | fú biāo | buoy |
| 悬浮verb | xuán fú | to float (in the air etc) |
| 轻浮adjective | qīng fú | frivolous |
| 上浮verb | shàng fú | to float up |
| 卢浮宫proper-noun | lú fú gōng | the Louvre, museum in Paris |
| 浮肿verb | fú zhǒng | (nonspecialist term for 水腫|水肿) to suffer from edema |
| 浮动verb | fú dòng | to drift about |
| 浮华adjective | fú huá | ostentatious |
| 飘浮verb | piāo fú | to float |
| 浮游生物noun | fú yóu shēng wù | plankton |
| 浮力noun | fú lì | buoyancy |
| 浮夸adjective | fú kuā | to exaggerate |
| 沉浮verb | chén fú | lit. sinking and floating |
浮 appears in 100 compound words: 70 as the first character, 13 as the last, and 17 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 浮 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (10)
floating clouds, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral nature of human existence
floating clouds, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral nature of human existence
Showing 9 of 10 idioms containing 浮.
Example Sentences
清晨的浮面波光粼粼，倒映着岸边的柳树。
qīng chén de fú miàn bō guāng 粼 粼 , dǎo yìng zhe àn biān de liǔ shù .
The water's surface shimmered in the early morning light, reflecting the willow trees along the shore.
...归 大过年无人报失踪...近一个月后已成浮尸
. . . guī dà guò nián wú rén bào shī zōng . . . jìn yī gè yuè hòu yǐ chéng fú shī
... No one reported missing during the New Year... Nearly a month later, it has become a floating corpse
...委让军购条例付委 国民党:一定支持但不能浮滥编列
. . . wěi ràng jūn gòu tiáo lì fù wěi guó mín dǎng : yī dìng zhī chí dàn bù néng fú làn biān liè
... The Kuomintang must support the arms purchase regulations and hand them over to the committee
江川氏 巨人监督候补に浮上?
jiāng chuān shì jù rén jiān dū hòu bǔ fú shàng ?
Mr. Egawa emerged as a candidate for Giants supervision?
法国罗浮宫馆长德卡尔请辞 马克龙感谢对方贡献
fǎ guó luó fú gōng guǎn cháng dé kǎ ěr qǐng cí mǎ kè lóng gǎn xiè duì fāng gòng xiàn
De Cartes, director of the Louvre Museum in France, resigned Macron thanked the other party for his contributions
【有片】“曼联JJ”浮夸金球 卡域克被禁起用?
yǒu piàn 曼 lián J J fú kuā jīn qiú kǎ yù kè bèi jīn qǐ yòng ?
"Manchester United JJ" exaggerated golden ball Carrick was banned?
这种物质很轻，可以浮在水面上。
Zhèzhǒng wùzhì hěn qīng, kěyǐ fú zài shuǐmiàn shàng.
The substance is light enough to float on the water.
埃菲尔铁塔和卢浮宫在同一座城市。
āifēi'ěr Tiětǎ hé Lúfúgōng zài tóngyī zuò chéngshì.
The Eiffel Tower is in the same city as the Louvre Museum.
水面浮着一片落葉。
Shuǐmiàn fúzhe yī piàn luòyè.
A fallen leaf floated on the surface of the water.
池塘里漂浮着零星的几片落叶。
Chítáng lǐ piāofú zhe língxīng de jǐ piàn luòyè.
A few fragments of dead leaves floated on the pond.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
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