泡 — kanji meaning “bubbles”
泡
bubbles, foam, suds, froth
- Meanings
- bubbles, foam, suds, froth
- On'yomi
- ホウ (hou)
- Kun'yomi
- あわ
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1872 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 85
- Chinese reading
- pào, pāo — Chinese character page
Words with 泡
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 泡盛 | あわもり awamori | awamori; strong Okinawan liquor distilled from rice or millet |
| 泡沫 | うたかた utakata | bubble on surface of liquid |
| 水の泡 | みずのあわ mizunoawa | bubble on the surface of water |
| 泡立ち | あわだち awadachi | foaming; frothing; lathering |
| 泡立つ | あわだつ awadatsu | to bubble; to foam; to froth |
| 一泡 | ひとあわ hitoawa | blow; shock |
| 泡立てる | あわだてる awadateru | to beat (e.g. eggs); to whip (e.g. cream); to whisk |
| 泡を食う | あわをくう awaokuu | to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head |
| 泡沫的 | ほうまつてき houmatsuteki | transient; passing; fleeting |
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