浮き

Japanese

Kanji in this term
浮
う Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
浮子泛子

Etymology

The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 浮(う)く (uku, “to float”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うき [ùkí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟kʲi]

Noun

浮(う)き • (uki)

a float used in fishing
a fishnet float
a buoy
a float in a tank or other container, used to determine the level of liquid
a float used for safety or rescue, to keep a person from drowning
the areas between the scutes on a tortoiseshell
(Noh theater) singing in a higher tone than the previous melody
(puppeteer jargon) a boat, a ship

Derived terms

浮(う)き袋(ぶくろ) (ukibukuro)

Verb

浮(う)き • (uki)

stem or continuative form of 浮く (uku) [godan]

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN