Memory phrase for the Kanji: 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

waterThe radical sanzui is a short form of water
sun rise
warming sun, easy, simpleShows 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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