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湯 = 昜 + 水

湯 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “hot water”. It is built from 昜 (piggy bank) and 水 (water). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 585. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.

Keyword
hot water
RTK frame
585
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
トウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ゆ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
горячая вода
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
湯 hot water

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 昜 piggy bank
  2. 水 water

Characters that contain 湯

How to find 湯 without knowing its reading

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

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