漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
温: warm
JLPT N212 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
- 氵water(meaning)
- 昷(sound)
氵 carries the meaning · 昷 gives the sound
12 strokes
Oracle bone · Shang Small seal · Qin Today
Oracle bone and small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Four readings, and the words that use each
オンon · on'yomi · in compounds
- 温度おんどtemperature
- 温度計おんどけいthermometer
- 温室おんしつgreenhouse
- 温泉おんせんspa, hot spring, onsen
- 気温きおんair temperature
- 体温たいおんbody temperature
- 温暖なおんだんなwarm, mild, temperate
- 温和なおんわなgentle, mild, mild-tempered
- 保温するほおんするretain warmth, keep in heat
あたたかいatatakai · kun'yomi · on its own
- 温かいあたたかいwarm [adj.]
あたたまるatatamaru · kun'yomi
- 温まるあたたまるwarm up [v.i.]
あたためるatatameru · kun'yomi
- 温めるあたためるwarm, heat up [v.t.]
Also read あたたか, ぬく, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read オン
9 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 溫 · wēn
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 温. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 溫.
- Simplified
- 温 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 溫 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin wēn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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