Onyomi: トウ · Kunyomi: ゆ · Meanings: bath, hot spring, hot water
Kanji for bath, hot spring, hot water
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湯 is made from the water radical 氵 on the left and 昜 on the right. 氵 represents water or liquid. 昜 represents the sun rising and giving off heat. When water is heated by the sun or heat, it becomes hot. From the idea of heated water, 湯 came to mean hot water or soup.
湯 is water that has been heated and becomes hot.
Imagine water (氵) being warmed by the rising sun (昜). That hot, steaming water is 湯.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 湯 | ゆ | hot water | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 湯 | タン | soup | Noun, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 茹でる | ゆでる | to boil (something in hot water) | common JLPT-N2 JLPT-N1 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 湯のみ | ゆのみ | teacup | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 湯気 | ゆげ | steam, vapour, vapor | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 湯沸かし | ゆわかし | teakettle, kettle | Noun |
| 湯垢 | ゆあか | scale (i.e. hard water coating in a kettle, etc.), fur | Noun |
| 湯船 | ゆぶね | bathtub | Noun |
| 湯沸かし器 | ゆわかしき | water heater, water boiler | Noun |
| 湯水 | ゆみず | hot and cold water | Noun |