溶 – melt, dissolve, thaw

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1364 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 溶 means melt, dissolve, thaw. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヨウ (you); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is と.ける、と.かす、と.く (tokeru, tokasu, toku). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヨウ	you
Kun’yomi	と.ける	tokeru
Kun’yomi	と.かす	tokasu
Kun’yomi	と.く	toku

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: 穴・口・汁・谷・ハ・个・宀.

Words using 溶

溶くとくto mix (e.g. water with flour)溶けるとけるto melt溶岩ようがんlava溶かすとかすto melt溶け込むとけこむto melt into溶液ようえきsolution (liquid)

Example sentences

氷が溶けると液体になる。

When ice melts, it becomes liquid.

Tatoeba #85398

砂糖は水に溶ける。

Sugar dissolves in water.

Tatoeba #170881

その火山は溶岩を流し出した。

The volcano poured molten rock.

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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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