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泡 = 水 + 包

泡 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “bubble”. It is built from 水 (water) and 包 (wrap). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 572.

Keyword
bubble
RTK frame
572
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ホウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あわ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
bubbles, пузырь
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
泡 bubbles

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 包 wrap

How to find 泡 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “wrap”. 泡 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 泡 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.