浮子

浮子

1. (colloquial) float (object attached to a fishing line)

• 漂兒／漂儿 (piāor)
• 浮漂 (fúpiāo)
• 魚漂／鱼漂 (yúpiāo)
• 漁漂／渔漂 (yúpiāo)

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.[1][2]

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) あ​ば [áꜜbà] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [a̠ba̠]

浮子(あば) • (aba) 

1. a fishnet float
2. (less common) a fishnet weight

• (weight): 錘(おもり) (omori)

Compound of 浮き (uki, “floating; floater”) +‎ 子 (ko, “small thing”).[1]

• Kun’yomi
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝkʲiko̞]

浮(うき)子(こ) • (ukiko) 

1. (uncommon) a fishnet float

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 浮く (uku, “to float”).[1][2]

• 浮き (more common), 泛子

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) うき [ùkí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝkʲi]

浮子(うき) • (uki) 

1. a float used in fishing
2. a fishnet float
3. a buoy
4. a float in a tank or other container, used to determine the level of liquid
5. a float used for safety or rescue, to keep a person from drowning
6. the areas between the scutes on a tortoiseshell
7. (Noh theater) singing in a higher tone than the previous melody
8. (puppeteer jargon) a boat, a ship

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 浮ける (ukeru, “to make something float”).[1][2]

• 浮け (more common), 泛子

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) うけ [ùké] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝke̞]

浮子(うけ) • (uke) 

1. a float used in fishing
2. a fishnet float
3. a float used for safety or rescue, to keep a person from drowning

From Middle Chinese 浮子 (MC bɨu t͡sɨ^X).

• On’yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) ふ​し [fúꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝɕi]

浮(ふ)子(し) • (fushi) 

1. a float used in fishing