漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
溶: melt, dissolve
Also: thaw
JLPT N213 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 容 gives the sound
13 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
ヨウyou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 溶液ようえきsolution
- 溶岩ようがんlava
- 溶鉱炉ようこうろblast furnace
- 水溶性すいようせいwater-soluble
- 溶接するようせつするweld
- 溶解するようかいするmelt, dissolve, liquefy
とけるtokeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 溶けるとけるmelt, thaw, fuse, dissolve [v.i.]
とかすtokasu · kun'yomi
- 溶かすとかすmelt, dissolve [v.t.]
とくtoku · kun'yomi
- 溶くとくdissolve [v.t.]
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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
容
Also built on contain (容)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side溶 melt · 氵
vs蓉 lotus · 艹In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · róng
Same form: 溶 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 溶 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 溶 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin róng 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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