うき

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of うき – see the following entries.

【浮き】

[noun] a float used in fishing

[noun] a buoy

[noun] a float in a tank or other container, used to determine the level of liquid

[noun] a float used for safety or rescue, to keep a person from drowning

[noun] the areas between the scutes on a tortoiseshell

[noun] (Noh theater) singing in a higher tone than the previous melody

[noun] (puppeteer jargon) a boat, a ship

Alternative spellings
浮子, 泛子

【右記】	[noun] (especially in vertical writing) aforementioned

【雨季】	[noun] (meteorology) rainy season Alternative spelling 雨期

【宇城】	[proper noun] Uki (a city in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan)

【泥】S	[noun] marshland, swamp Alternative spelling 埿

(This term, うき (uki), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as うき, see Category:Japanese kanji read as うき.)