"浮子" meaning in Japanese

See 浮子 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [a̠ba̠] Forms: 浮子 [canonical] (ruby: 浮子(あば)), aba [romanization]
Etymology: A shift in meaning from 網端 (aba, “the edge of a fishing net”), from the way that floats or weights are attached to the edge of a net. Head templates: {{ja-noun|あば}} 浮子(あば) • (aba)
  1. a fishnet float
    Sense id: en-浮子-ja-noun-QGFK1UxS Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 11 11 41 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 50 50
  2. (less common) a fishnet weight Tags: uncommon Synonyms (weight): (omori) (ruby: (おもり))
    Sense id: en-浮子-ja-noun-s2LY1Unt Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 11 11 41 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'weight': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 浮子方, 網端肩 (abakata) (ruby: 浮子(あば), (かた), (), (), (かた)) (english: the upper portion of a fishing net to which float are attach), 浮子木, 網端木 (abagi) (ruby: 浮子(あば), (), (), (), ()) (english: a piece of wood used as a float on the edge of a fishing net)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ɸɯ̟ɕi], [ɯ̟kʲiko̞] Forms: 浮子 [canonical] (ruby: (うき), ()), ukiko [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 浮き (uki, “floating; floater”) + 子 (ko, “small thing”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|浮き|子|sort=うきこ|t1=floating; floater|t2=small thing|tr1=uki|tr2=ko}} 浮き (uki, “floating; floater”) + 子 (ko, “small thing”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|うきこ}} 浮(うき)子(こ) • (ukiko)
  1. (uncommon) a fishnet float Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-浮子-ja-noun-QGFK1UxS1 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 11 11 41 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [ɯ̟kʲiko̞] Forms: 浮子 [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), fushi [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 浮き (uki, “floating; floater”) + 子 (ko, “small thing”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|浮き|子|sort=うきこ|t1=floating; floater|t2=small thing|tr1=uki|tr2=ko}} 浮き (uki, “floating; floater”) + 子 (ko, “small thing”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ふし}} 浮(ふ)子(し) • (fushi)
  1. a float used in fishing
    Sense id: en-浮子-ja-noun-RfIzHzny Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 15 15 15 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 16 16 16 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 17 17 17 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 17 17 17 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 17 17 17 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 11 11 41 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for 浮子 meaning in Japanese (5.5kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.