fú
to float
Evolution
Bronze script
Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
fú
to float, drift, waft; to exceed; superfluous; to float; superficial; floating; unstable; movable; provisional; temporary; transient; impetuous; hollow; inflated; excessive; surplus
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*m.b(r)u | bjuw | fú | float (v.) |
Statistics
HSK level 6
Appears in 9.8671% of movies
1930th most common character in movies
1462nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+6D6E |
Shuowen | “浮，氾也。从水，孚聲。” |
Sources
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