湧 – boil, ferment, seethe

12 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#2070 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 湧 means boil, ferment, seethe, uproar, breed. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ユウ、ヨウ、ユ (yuu, you, yu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is わ.く (waku). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ユウ	yuu
On’yomi	ヨウ	you
On’yomi	ユ	yu
Kun’yomi	わ.く	waku

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: 汁・田・力・マ.

Words using 湧

湧くわくto well (up)

Example sentences

彼女の目には涙が湧きあふれていた。

Her eyes gushed with tears.

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いざとなれば勇気が湧いてくる。

Your courage will come out in a crisis.

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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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