沸
boil; seethe; ferment; uproar; breed
8 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1709.
Readings
- フツ (on reading): 沸騰 (ふっとう) boiling; 沸点 (ふってん) boiling point
- わく (kun reading): 沸く (わく) to grow hot (e.g. water); 沸き立つ (わきたつ) to boil strongly
- わかす (kun reading): 沸かす (わかす) to boil; 湯沸かし (ゆわかし) teakettle
Components
- 氵
- 弗
- ノ radical slash, katakana no
- ｜ radical vertical stroke
- 弓 radical bow
- ⺡ radical water, left-side form of 水
Words using 沸
- 沸騰 (ふっとう) boiling
- 沸点 (ふってん) boiling point
- 煮沸 (しゃふつ) boiling up
- 共沸 (きょうふつ) azeotrope
- 沸騰水型原子炉 (ふっとうすいがたげんしろ) boiling-water reactor
- 沸く (わく) to grow hot (e.g. water)
- 沸き立つ (わきたつ) to boil strongly
- 沸き起こる (わきおこる) to well up
- 沸きが早い (わきがはやい) quick to warm up (e.g. of a kettle)
- 沸き (わき) boiling
- 沸かす (わかす) to boil
- 湯沸かし (ゆわかし) teakettle
- 瞬間湯沸かし器 (しゅんかんゆわかしき) instantaneous water heater
- 湯沸かし器 (ゆわかしき) water heater
- 沸かし湯 (わかしゆ) hot water (esp. cold mineral spring water heated up at the right temperature for bathing)
36 words in all.