to boil

= + : Frankenstein's Monster (f) wants to boil (沸) a bottle of water (氵) in a woven basket (弗) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4), but the water keeps flowing out of the woven basket and so Frankenstein's Monster is boiling with anger (沸).

沸 character breakdown

not (literary) / used in transliteration

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a woven basket, because the interweaving strokes of 弗 remind me of a woven pattern.

= + : Just inside the space station's entrance Frieda Fox wants to shoot kitchen knifes at a woven basket with a composite bow, but since the knifes are too short, she's not really able to.
"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.
(literary) not / used in transliteration

Characters with 沸 as component

沸 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 沸

(of a liquid) to boil / (of sentiments etc) to boil over / to flare up / to be impassioned
bubbling and gurgling / hubbubing / abuzz
boiling water
lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom) / hubbub / brouhaha
to manage a situation badly (idiom)
(of a liquid) to boil
seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over
seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over

Sentences with 沸

沸 currently does not appear in any sentence.