Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

湯: hot water, bath

Also: hot spring

JLPT N212 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met

氵 carries the meaning · 昜 gives the sound

12 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

トウtou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 湯治とうじhot spring cure
  • 熱湯ねっとうboiling water
  • 給湯きゅうとうhot-water supply
  • 銭湯せんとうbath-house, public bath

ゆyu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 湯ゆhot water
  • 湯気ゆげsteam, vapor [n.]
  • 湯飲みゆのみteacup (for green tea)
  • 湯船ゆぶねbathtub
  • 茶の湯ちゃのゆtea ceremony

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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.”
More in the 氵 water story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
氵

Also built on water (氵)

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昜

Also built on 昜

The 昜 family reads ヨウ (you); 湯 is read トウ.

Also read トウ

49 kanji share this on'yomiAll 49

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
湯 hot water · 氵
vs場 location · 土
湯 has 氵 where 場 has 土.
In ChineseSimplified 汤 · traditional, as in Japanese · tāng

Japan keeps the traditional form 湯; mainland China simplifies it to 汤.

Simplified
汤 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
湯 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin tāng 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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