浮 = 子 + 水 + 爪

浮 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “floating”. It is built from 子 (child), 水 (water) and 爪 (claw). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 787.

Keyword: floating
RTK frame: 787
Strokes: 10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): フ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): う.く, う.かれる, う.かぶ, う.かべる
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: плавающий
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 浮 to float

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

How to find 浮 without knowing its reading

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

Open 浮 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.