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

 湯  ゆ  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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