0037 泡

泡

This is the character for bubble. It’s pronounced HŌ or awa or abuku in Japanese and pào in Chinese.

This is a bundle:

包,

and this

勹,

its upper part, is a man bending over to wrap a bundle.

The element on the left is the ‘water’ character

水

modified to squeeze into a narrow vertical space.

So, neatly,

泡

is a water bundle—a bubble.