沸
to boil
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How 沸 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 弗 (phonetic, fú)
How to remember it
bring to a boil · Heisig RSH #2277
水 water + dollar sign
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 弗
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 弗 (fú) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弗 sound component | fú | not, negative |
| 费 | fèi | expenses, fees; to cost, to spend; wasteful |
| 佛 | fú | Buddha; Buddhist |
| 氟 | fú | fluorine |
| 拂 | fú | to shake off, to brush away; dust |
| 怫 | fú | anxious; depressed; sorry |
| 狒 | fèi | baboon |
| 绋 | fú | thick rope; the rope around a bier |
| 砩 | fú | to build a dam with rocks |
| 茀 | fú | weeds; overgrowth |
| 艴 | fú | angry, showing emotion on one's face |
Words containing 沸
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 热血沸腾 | rè xuè fèi téng | (idiom) to be fired up; to have one's blood racing; to be burning (with excitement, passio… |
| 人声鼎沸 | rén shēng dǐng fèi | lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom); hubbub; brouhaha |
| 以汤沃沸 | yǐ tāng wò fèi | to manage a situation badly (idiom) |
| 沸水 | fèi shuǐ | boiling water |
| 民怨沸腾 | mín yuàn fèi téng | seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over |
| 沸石 | fèi shí | zeolite |
| 沸点 | fèi diǎn | boiling point |
| 民怨鼎沸 | mín yuàn dǐng fèi | seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over |
| 沸沸扬扬 | fèi fèi yáng yáng | bubbling and gurgling; hubbubing; abuzz |
| 沸腾 | fèi téng | (of a liquid) to boil; (of sentiments etc) to boil over; to flare up; to be impassioned |
| 滚沸 | gǔn fèi | (of a liquid) to boil |
| 鼎沸 | dǐng fèi | a confused noise; a racket |
| 煮沸 | zhǔ fèi | to boil |