湯 – hot water, bath, hot spring

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The kanji 湯 means hot water, bath, hot spring. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is トウ (tou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ゆ (yu). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	トウ	tou
Kun’yomi	ゆ	yu

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: ｜・一・汁・日・勿.

Words using 湯

湯ゆhot water湯気ゆげsteam湯飲ゆのみteacup湯飲みゆのみteacup熱湯ねっとうboiling water茶の湯ちゃのゆtea ceremony

Example sentences

砂糖は湯に入れると溶ける。

Sugar dissolves in hot water.

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薬缶から湯気が立っている。

The kettle is steaming.

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壊れた湯飲みの補充をした。

I replaced the broken cups with new ones.

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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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