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Kanji Detail for 泡 - "bubble, foam, froth"

泡

  • Meaning

    泡 means "bubble, foam, froth."

    1. Bubble - A thin sphere of liquid enclosing air.

    2. Foam - A mass of small bubbles.

    3. Froth - Bubbles formed on liquid.

    4. Ephemeral - Lasting for a short time.

  • Words using 泡

    • 発泡スチロール はっぽうスチロール Listen styrofoam; styrene foam; expanded polystyrene

  • Four-character idioms with 泡

    • 夢幻泡影 むげんほうよう Listen a dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow (metaphor for the transience of life)
    • 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: bubble, foam, froth
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    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

    bubbles; foam; suds; froth

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    bubbles, suds; blister; soak

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    bubble, blister; swollen, puffed up

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

    Floating bubbles on water. Small ones are called 沫 (foam); large ones are called 泡 (bubbles). | Colloquially, soaking in water is called 泡.

  • Onyomi

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    hoh(ホウ) ホウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    awa(あわ) あわ

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

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    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    bubble foam froth ephemeral aerate carbonation effervescence fizz head lather spume sphere fleeting transient

Sentences including 泡

  • It was all for nothing.

  • Years of effort came to nothing.

  • The foam vanished in an instant.

  • The breaking waves formed foam.

  • Nothing has resulted from his efforts.

  • It was all for nothing.

  • Tom's efforts came to nothing.

  • All my haste was in vain.

  • I will wash my car in a hand car wash today.

  • He was confused by a sudden question.

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