浴 – bathe, be favored with, bask in

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The kanji 浴 means bathe, be favored with, bask in. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヨク (yoku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あ.びる、あ.びせる (abiru, abiseru). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヨク	yoku
Kun’yomi	あ.びる	abiru
Kun’yomi	あ.びせる	abiseru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 口・汁・谷・ハ・个.

Words using 浴

浴びるあびるto dash over oneself (e.g. water)浴衣ゆかたyukata海水浴かいすいよくswimming in the ocean入浴にゅうよくbathing浴室よくしつbathroom

Example sentences

屋根は日を浴びて輝いている。

The roof is shining in the sun.

Tatoeba #188430

ジャーン。それじゃ春田くん、もう見てもいいわよ。みんなの浴衣、お披露目ねぇ〜。

Ta-dah! Well then, Haruta, it's OK to look now! It's everybody's yukata debut.

Tatoeba #76675

ハワイでは１年中海水浴が楽しめる。

In Hawaii, we can enjoy swimming in the ocean all year round.

Tatoeba #197790

Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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