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Kanji Detail for 湯 - "hot water, bath, soup"

湯

  • Meaning

    湯 means "hot water, bath, soup."

    1. Hot water - Heated water; warm water.

    2. Bath - Hot springs; bathing.

    3. Soup - Broth; liquid food.

  • Words using 湯

    • 熱湯 ねっとう Listen boiling water
    • 湯気 ゆげ Listen steam; vapour; vapor
    • 湯のみ ゆのみ Listen teacup

  • Four-character idioms with 湯

    • 盟神探湯 めいしんたんとう Listen trial by hot water; putting a person's hand in boiling water to determine their guilt or innocence (with the belief that the innocent would not be scalded)
    • 金城湯池 きんじょうとうち Listen an impregnable fortress; an unassailable territory

  • Tattoo check: 湯

    • Verified meaning: hot water, bath, soup
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read たん, とう, ゆ, ゆう)

    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 湯

    Surnames 湯(たん)Listen 湯(とう)Listen 湯(ゆ)Listen 湯(ゆう)Listen 湯(ゆさき)Listen 湯(ゆみね)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    hot water; bath; hot spring

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    hot water; soup, gravy, broth

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Tang

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    soup, gravy, broth; hot water

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

    Hot water. (Mencius) "In winter one drinks hot water." | Flowing appearance. (Book of Odes) "The Yangtze and Han flow vastly."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    toh(トウ) トウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    yu(ゆ) ゆ

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    hot water bath soup broth decoction cleansing comfort flow fluid healing heat hydrotherapy immersion liquid mineral purification rejuvenation relaxation sauna soak springs steam warm

Sentences including 湯

  • Ah , this hot water's good !

  • Is the water hot enough to make the tea?

  • The hot water isn't running.

  • Don't use all the hot water.

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