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溶融 (ようゆう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
melting ; fusion
Technical term for the process of a solid becoming liquid through heat; used in physics, engineering, and materials science. Often appears as 溶融する or in compounds like 溶融炉.
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Pour the molten glass into a mold.
Written forms 溶よう 融ゆう Usage 84%
Standard modern spelling; used in news and technical contexts.
熔よう 融ゆう Usage 16%
Older variant using 熔 (a non-jōyō kanji); still seen in some technical or historical materials.
Similar words 溶よう 解かい 溶解 is broader, covering dissolution in a solvent as well as melting; 溶融 specifically refers to melting by heat.
融ゆう 解かい 融解 is a near-synonym for melting, but 溶融 is more common in industrial and technical contexts.
Etymology Compound of 溶 (dissolve, melt) and 融 (melt, fuse). The spelling 熔融 uses 熔 (melt, smelt), a non-jōyō variant. The word is a Sino-Japanese technical term.
