Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
seethe, boil, ferment, uproar, breed
Kun:
わ.くわ.かす
On:
フツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1709 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 沸々 【フツフツ】 simmer, bubble out, flow out
  • 沸々 【フツフツ】 simmer, bubble out, flow out

Kun reading compounds

  • 沸く 【わく】 to grow hot (e.g. water), to boil, to get excited (at), to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.), to be in a ferment, to take place energetically, to ferment, to melt (of metal)
  • 沸かす 【わかす】 to boil, to heat (a liquid), to prepare (a bath, hot drink), to excite, to rouse, to stir

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fei4
Korean:
bi, bul

Spanish

  • hervir
  • cocer

Portuguese

  • borbulhar
  • ferver
  • agitação
  • barulho
  • criar

French

  • bouillonner
  • bouillir
  • fermenter
  • exciter
  • élever
1767 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1707 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2524 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1627 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
670 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1792 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1928 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1494 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1180 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
387 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
244 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
291 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1245 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17251 Morohashi
329 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3094 New Nelson (John Haig)
1237 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1325 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1205 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
344 2001 Kanji
3a5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
3512.7 Four corner code
1-42-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6cb8 Unicode hex code

7 strokes (also 6)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
return, answer, fade, repay
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
685 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 返 【ヘン】 reply, answer
  • 遍 【ヘン】 number of times
  • 代返 【ダイヘン】 answer a roll call for another
  • 往返 【オウヘン】 round trip

Kun reading compounds

  • 返す 【かえす】 to return (something), to restore, to put back, to turn over, to turn upside down, to overturn, to pay back, to retaliate, to reciprocate, to respond (with), to retort, to reply, to say back, to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back), to do again, to do repeatedly
  • 返す刀 【かえすかたな】 attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
  • 返る 【かえる】 to return, to come back, to go back, to turn over, to become extremely, to become completely

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fan3
Korean:
ban

Spanish

  • regresar
  • devolver

Portuguese

  • retornar
  • responder
  • desvanecer
  • pagar

French

  • rendre
  • répondre
  • s'estomper
  • rembourser
316 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
412 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
389 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
586 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4670 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
307 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
950 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3.11 Japanese for Busy People
442 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
448 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
184 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
681 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3797 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1940 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2633 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
733 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38758P Morohashi
3060 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6020 New Nelson (John Haig)
725 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
782 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
477 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
289 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3367 2001 Kanji
2q4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-4 SKIP code
3130.4 Four corner code
1-42-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8fd4 Unicode hex code