Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 湯


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Meaning

hot water, bath

Pronunciation


yu

Explanation

Left: water , right: sunrise (= sun above horizon ) together with sunrays ) as: warming sun (cf. )

Mnemonic

Water with warming sunrays changes into: hot water.

Radicals

water(The radical sanzui is a short form of water )
sun rise
warming sun, easy, simple(Shows a sun rise over a ground with the warming sunbeams.)
sunbeams
simple
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Vocabulary

hot water
湯治 とうじ hot-spring cure, taking the baths
銭湯 せんとう Sento (traditional public bathhouse)
湯気 ゆげ steam, vapour
茶の湯 ちゃのゆ tea ceremony
湯飲み ゆのみ teacup
熱湯 ねっとう boiling water


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