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沸
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bring to a boil

HSK 7 N2
Human →Actions
fèi
フツ
わ.く、わ.かす
비, 불
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 弗 represents the sound.
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 弗 negative =
沸 bring to a boil
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
弗 Phonetic component
fú negative
not, negative
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
沸
Regular
Modern
Chinese
沸 [fèi]
to boil
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (21)
沸腾 [fèi​téng] #9,798
(of a liquid) to boil
沸腾 [fèi​téng] #9,798
(of a liquid) to boil
沸沸扬扬 [fèi​fèi​yáng​yáng] #28,736
bubbling and gurgling
沸沸扬扬 [fèi​fèi​yáng​yáng] #28,736
bubbling and gurgling
煮沸 [zhǔ​fèi] #30,008
to boil
沸水 [fèi​shuǐ] #42,908
boiling water
热血沸腾 [rè​xuè​fèi​téng] #20,128
to be fired up (idiom)
热血沸腾 [rè​xuè​fèi​téng] #20,128
to be fired up (idiom)
沸点 [fèi​diǎn] #49,503
boiling point
沸点 [fèi​diǎn] #49,503
boiling point
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JAPANESE WORDS (45)
湧き上がる [わきあがる] #6,282
to boil up
⭐ 沸く [わく] #7,019
to grow hot (e.g. water)
⭐ 沸騰 [ふっとう] #9,568
boiling
⭐ 沸かす [わかす] #12,541
to boil
湧き出る [わきでる] #14,764
to gush forth (e.g. water from a spring)
沸き立つ [わきたつ] #18,516
to boil strongly
湧き出す [わきだす] #19,748
to gush out
沸き起こる [わきおこる] #23,767
to well up
沸点 [ふってん] #34,506
boiling point
沸々 [ふつふつ] #39,046
simmer
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