蕩
melt, be charmed, captivated
Readings
On'yomi
- トウ
Kun'yomi
- とろ.かす
- とろ.ける
- うご.く
Meaning
蕩 centers on a state of being softened or emotionally moved: melting, being charmed, or captivated. The idea is of something solid or resistant dissolving into a more fluid, yielding state.
Most common words using 蕩
20 of 21- 放蕩ほうとう
dissipation; prodigality; debauchery
- 淫蕩いんとう
debauchery; dissipation; lewdness; lasciviousness
- 揺蕩うたゆたう
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to flicker
- 揺蕩ようとう
shaking; swaying
- 揺蕩うたゆとう
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to flicker
- 放蕩三昧ほうとうざんまい
being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation
- 放蕩家ほうとうか
debauchee; profligate; fast liver; philanderer
- 放蕩息子ほうとうむすこ
good-for-nothing son; profligate son
- 放蕩無頼ほうとうぶらい
being dissolute and unruly; ruining oneself by leading a fast life
- 放蕩生活ほうとうせいかつ
fast living; dissipated life; riotous life
- 放蕩者ほうとうもの
debauchee; fast liver; libertine; hell-raiser
- 春風駘蕩しゅんぷうたいとう
warm and genial spring weather; genial and balmy
- 浩蕩こうとう
vast; wide; spacious; extensive
- 蕩々とうとう
vast; calm
- 蕩かすとろかす
to melt (steel, etc.); to liquefy; to soften
- 蕩児とうじ
libertine
- 蕩尽とうじん
squandering; dissipation
- 遊蕩ゆうとう
self-indulgent pleasure
- 遊蕩三昧ゆうとうざんまい
being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation
- 遊蕩児ゆうとうじ
debauched person
Study
Etymology
蕩 combines 艹 (grass) with 湯 (hot water), suggesting the softening or melting effect of hot water on plants. The exact historical development is uncertain, but the component combination plausibly conveys the idea of dissolving or being emotionally moved.
Meaning mnemonic
Grass 艹 placed in hot water 湯 wilts and melts. Imagine a person's resistance melting away in a hot bath, leaving them charmed and captivated.
Reading mnemonic
For トウ, picture a toe dipping into hot water and melting with relaxation: toe -> トウ, and the warmth captivates you.