湯
hot water, bath, hot spring
Readings
On'yomi
- トウ
Kun'yomi
- ゆ
Meaning
湯 centers on heated water: hot water for bathing, a bath itself, or a natural hot spring. All meanings share the idea of water made warm for soaking or comfort.
Most common words using 湯
20 of 183- 湯ゆN5
hot water
- お湯おゆ
hot water
- 銭湯せんとうN1
public bath; bathhouse
- 熱湯ねっとうN1
boiling water
- 湯船ゆぶね
bathtub
- 湯気ゆげN2
steam; vapour; vapor
- 足湯あしゆ
footbath; hot spring bath designed for soaking one's feet
- ぬるま湯ぬるまゆ
tepid water; lukewarm water
- 白湯さゆ
(plain) hot water; boiled water
- 白湯パイタン
white broth (esp. for ramen); broth without soy sauce (made by simmering bones)
- 給湯きゅうとう
hot-water supply
- 湯たんぽゆたんぽ
hot-water bottle
- 湯煙ゆけむり
steam
- 湯麺タンメン
Chinese-style stir-fried vegetable noodle soup
- 湯女ゆな
women who assist bathers at hot-springs resorts
- 湯豆腐ゆどうふ
boiled tofu
- 湯治とうじ
hot-spring cure; taking the baths
- 湯元ゆもと
source of a hot spring
- 茶の湯ちゃのゆN1
tea ceremony; chanoyu
- 湯水ゆみず
hot and cold water
Study
Etymology
湯 combines the water radical 氵 with 昜, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to warmth or rising. The character originally referred to hot water or heated liquid.
Meaning mnemonic
Water 氵 plus the warm-looking shape 昜 (like a sun 日 with spreading rays) suggests water heated by the sun: hot water for a bath or hot spring.
Reading mnemonic
For トウ, imagine a toe dipping into hot water: toe -> トウ, and the warm bath soothes it.