浮躁
fú zào · HSK 7
fickle and impatient
🌊 浮 (float) + 躁 (restless) = floating-restless = fickle and impatient
浮 means to float on water; 躁 carries the foot radical 足 and means agitated or jumpy. Together: a mind that floats around without settling, jumpy and unable to focus. Contrast with 沉稳 (sunken-steady = composed).
浮 — water radical 氵 + 孚 (phonetic, 'hatch/trust')
浮 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The water radical 氵 gives the meaning 'water,' while 孚 supplies the sound and originally depicted a bird hatching an egg. Together they convey something resting on water, hence 'to float.'