漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
湧: boil, ferment
Also: seethe, uproar, breed
JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 勇 is drawn in
12 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ユウyuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 湧水ゆうすいwelling of water; spring water; spring
- 湧出ゆうしゅつgushing out; welling up; springing up
わくwaku · kun'yomi · on its own
- 湧くわくto well (up); to gush out (of water)
Also read ヨウ, ユ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 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 ユ
10 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSimplified 涌 · traditional, as in Japanese · yǒng
Japan keeps the traditional form 湧; mainland China simplifies it to 涌.
- Simplified
- 涌 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 湧 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yǒng 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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