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沤

ōu

Character Traditional 漚

What 沤 means

1. bubble
2. froth

Other readings

沤 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• òuto steep; to macerate

Words starting with 沤

• 沤凼òu dàngcesspool; compost pit
• 沤步òu bù(Taiwan) dirty trick; unethical tactic (from Taiwanese 漚步, Tai-lo pr. [àu-pōo])
• 沤肥òu féito make fertilizer by steeping organic materials in water and leaving them to decompose…

Characters built on 区

These share the phonetic component 区 (qū), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 欧ōuohm (abbr. for 欧姆; euro (abbr. for 欧元; used in transliteration
• 殴ōuto beat up; to hit sb
• 呕ǒuvomit
• 鸥ōucommon gull
• 抠kōuto dig; to pick; to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed); to carve; to cut…
• 瓯ōu(pottery) bowl or drinking vessel
• 讴ōuto sing; ballad; folk song
• 怄òuto annoy; to irritate; to be annoyed

Sounds the same

Read ōu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 欧ohm (abbr. for 欧姆; euro (abbr. for 欧元; used in transliteration
• 殴to beat up; to hit sb
• 鸥common gull
• 瓯(pottery) bowl or drinking vessel
• 讴to sing; ballad; folk song
• 𬉼severe drought; exceptionally hot weather
• 区surname Ou