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溶 = 容 + 水

溶 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “melt”. It is built from 容 (contain) and 水 (water). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 854.

Keyword
melt
RTK frame
854
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ヨウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
と.ける, と.かす, と.く
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
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Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
溶 to melt

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 容 contain
  2. 水 water

How to find 溶 without knowing its reading

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

Open 溶 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.