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Kanji Detail for 沫 - "foam, spray"

沫

  • Meaning

    沫 means "foam, spray."

    1. Foam - Bubbles on water; froth.

    2. Spray - Fine droplets of water.

    3. Bubbles - Light, floating spheres of air and water.

  • Four-character idioms with 沫

    • 夢幻泡沫 むげんほうまつ Listen transient; ephemeral; fleeting
    • 泡沫夢幻 ほうまつむげん Listen transient; ephemeral; fleeting

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    • Verified meaning: foam, spray
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    splash; suds

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    froth, foam, bubbles, suds

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    foam; suds

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    bubbles, foam, froth, suds

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Floating foam. Referring to what congeals on the water surface. | Fluid from the mouth is called 涎沫 (saliva foam).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    batsu(バツ) バツ

    matsu(マツ) マツ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    awa(あわ) あわ

    shibuki(しぶき) しぶき

    tsubaki(つばき) つばき

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

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    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    foam spray bubbles saliva froth lather fizz effervescence droplets mist liquid

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