12 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade
JLPT exam level N1
boil, ferment, seethe, uproar, breed
Kun'yomi
わ く to well (up) ②to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.) ③to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.) ④to hatch
On'yomi
ユウ ヨウ ユ
Nanori
わき わく
Character Breakdown
Common Words
to well (up) ②to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.) ③to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.) ④to hatch
welling (up) ②appearing (esp. suddenly) ③frothing of water (due to an advancing school of fish)
References
| Unicode hex code | 6E67 |
| JIS X 0208 | 1-45-15 |
| Nelson, A. Classic Nelson | 2607 |
| Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 3207 |
| Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 615 |
| Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary | 749 |
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) | 448 |
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) | 563 |
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji | 2284 |
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. | 1510 |
| O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names | 1573 |
| Morohashi Daikanwajiten | 17862X |
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana | 2144 |
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) | 1475 |
| Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code | 3a9.31 |
| Four corner code | 3712.7 |