融
dissolve, melt
Readings
On'yomi
- ユウ
Kun'yomi
- と.ける
- と.かす
Nanori
- あきら
Meaning
融 centers on a solid turning into a fluid state: dissolving or melting. It captures the idea of something rigid becoming soft and flowing.
Most common words using 融
20 of 160- 金融きんゆうN2
finance; financing; credit transacting; loaning of money; circulation of money
- 融合ゆうごうN1
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
- 融資ゆうしN1
financing; loan
- 融通ゆうずうN1
lending (money, commodities, etc.); finance; loan
- 溶融ようゆう
melting; fusion
- 融和ゆうわ
harmony; reconciliation
- 融解ゆうかい
melting; fusion; liquefaction
- 融点ゆうてん
melting point
- 融雪ゆうせつ
melted snow; melting of snow
- 投融資とうゆうし
investment and lending
- 金融機関きんゆうきかん
financial institutions; banking facilities
- 金融市場きんゆうしじょう
financial market; money market
- 財政投融資ざいせいとうゆうし
Fiscal Investment and Loan Program; FILP
- 核融合かくゆうごう
nuclear fusion
- 金融庁きんゆうちょう
Financial Services Agency; FSA
- 金融危機きんゆうききN2
financial crisis
- 金融界きんゆうかいN2
financial circles; the financial community
- 090金融ゼロキューゼロきんゆう
loan sharks operating from a cellphone (i.e. without a fixed phone number); 090 financing
- つなぎ融資つなぎゆうし
bridge loan; relief or emergency loan
- イスラム金融イスラムきんゆう
Islamic financing; financial transactions and services in accordance with Islamic law
Study
Etymology
融 combines 鬲 (a type of ancient cooking vessel) with 虫 (insect or reptile). The original sense likely involved melting or dissolving something in a vessel, with 虫 possibly contributing a phonetic element. The exact historical development is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
Picture a bronze cooking vessel (鬲) heating up until the contents melt and flow like a wriggling insect (虫). The solid dissolves into a liquid.
Reading mnemonic
For ユウ, imagine melting a cube of ice with a gentle "you" breath: you -> ユウ, and your warm breath dissolves the solid.