泡
泡 — Bubbles
bubbles, foam, suds, froth
On’yomiホウ (hou)
Kun’yomiあわ (awa)
Stroke order (8 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 泡
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 泡 | あわ awa | bubble; foam; froth |
| 発泡スチロール | はっぽうスチロール happousuchiro-ru | styrofoam; styrene foam; expanded polystyrene |
| 発泡 | はっぽう happou | foaming |
| 気泡 | きほう kihou | (air) bubble (esp. in a liquid) |
| 水泡 | すいほう suihou | foam; bubble; nothing |
| 泡盛 | あわもり awamori | awamori; strong Okinawan liquor distilled from rice or millet |
Study notes
泡 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1872 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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