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Kotomora

融

dissolve, melt

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 500Strokes16

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

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  • 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

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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.