泡

Translingual

Han character

泡 (radical 85 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水心口山 (EPRU), four-corner 3711₂)

1. bubbles, suds
2. blister
3. soak

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Cantonese

Hanzi

泡 (Yale paau3, pou5)

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Japanese

Kanji

泡 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ほう (hō)
• Kun: あわ (awa)

Noun

泡 (hiragana あわ, romaji awa)

1. bubble
2. foam, head on carbonated beverages such as beer

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Korean

Hanja

泡 (hangeul 포, revised po, McCune-Reischauer p'o, Yale pho)

References

• KangXi: page 617, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17307
• Dae Jaweon: page 1012, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1591, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6CE1

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Mandarin

Hanzi

泡 (pinyin pāo (pao1), páo (pao2), pào (pao4), Wade-Giles p'ao¹, p'ao², p'ao⁴)

Compounds

• 豆泡

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Vietnamese

Han character

泡 (phao, bàu, bảo, bào, bầu)