floating, float, rise to surface
浮 centers on the idea of buoyancy and lightness: something that floats on a surface, rises upward, or has a carefree, elevated mood.
浮 combines 氵 (water) with 孚, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of something light or buoyant. The exact historical development of 孚 is uncertain.
Water 氵 and a light, child-like shape 孚 (with 子 and 爪) suggest something bobbing on the surface: a child's hand gently keeping a toy afloat.
For フ, imagine a floating feather: the 'fu' sound of a light puff of air keeps it on the water.
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around
to float; to be suspended
to float
surfacing; rising to the surface
to float; to set afloat; to launch
floating; drifting; suspension
floating; buoyancy
to make merry; to be festive
swelling; edema; oedema; dropsy
relief; embossed carving
ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print
to remember; to recall; to call to mind
vagrancy; vagabondage; wander around
to rise to the surface
fleeting life; this transient world; floating world
floating
ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing
buoyancy; floating power
to float
floating (e.g. in air, water); floatation; buoyancy; buoying up (e.g. economy)