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湧 = 水 + 勇

湧 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “bubble up”. It is built from 水 (water) and 勇 (courage). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1510.

Keyword
bubble up
RTK frame
1510
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ユウ, ヨウ, ユ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
わ.く
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
boil, пузырь
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
湧 well up

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 勇 courage

How to find 湧 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “courage”. 湧 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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