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Kanji Detail for 浴 - "bathe, shower"

浴

  • Meaning

    浴 means "bathe, shower." Also associated with receive.

    1. Bathe - To wash in water.

    2. Receive - To be exposed to.

    3. Shower - To pour down upon.

  • Words using 浴

    • 浴びる あびる Listen to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun)
    • 入浴 にゅうよく Listen bathing; going in the bath
    • 浴室 よくしつ Listen bathroom
    • 浴槽 よくそう Listen bathtub
    • 浴衣 ゆかた Listen yukata; light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe
    • 海水浴場 かいすいよくじょう Listen swimming area (in the ocean); swimming beach; seawater baths
    • 浴場 よくじょう Listen bathhouse; (public) bath; bathroom
    • 浴びせる あびせる Listen to pour on

  • Four-character idioms with 浴

    • 斎戒沐浴 さいかいもくよく Listen purification; washing
    • 櫛風浴雨 しっぷうよくう Listen struggling through wind and rain; undergoing hardships

  • Tattoo check: 浴

    • Verified meaning: bathe, shower
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あゆみ, えき, ゆあみ)
    • Also carries these associations: receive

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 浴

    Given names 浴(あゆみ)Listen 浴(ゆあみ)Listen

    Surnames 浴(えき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    bathe; be favored with; bask in

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    bathe, wash; bath

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    bath; to bathe

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to bathe, to shower, to wash

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To wash the body. | All cleansing is also called 浴. "Washing the body and bathing in virtue" (澡身浴德). See Record of Rites.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    yoku(ヨク) ヨク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    a.biru(あ-びる) あ-びる

    a.biseru(あ-びせる) あ-びせる

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

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    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    bathe receive shower immerse cleanse dip wash rinse soak spa steam submerge lather refresh

Sentences including 浴

  • He takes a bath every morning.

  • The next morning found him dead in his bathroom.

  • They bathed in the lake.

  • I take a bath every morning in summer.

  • Children don't like to take a bath.

  • The teacher began to shoot questions at me.

  • I always take a bath in the morning.

  • She has a bath every morning.

  • Is the bath clean?

  • I usually take a bath after dinner.

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