湯

See also 汤

Translingual

simpl.		汤
trad.		湯

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 昜 – a kind of liquid, hot water, soup. Note that 昜 derives from 日 (“sun”), so connotations of “hot” – hot liquid, hot water, soup.

Han character

湯 (radical 85 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水日一竹 (EAMH), four-corner 3612₇)

1. hot water
2. soup, gravy, broth
3. Tang of Shang, founder of Shang Dynasty of China
4. used as a surname

See also

• 沸

References

• KangXi: page 638, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17874
• Dae Jaweon: page 1045, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1674, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6E6F

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Cantonese

Hanzi

湯 (simplified 汤, jyutping soeng1, tong1, Yale seung1, tong1)

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Japanese

Kanji

湯 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go'on: とう (tō), (historical) たう (tau), (rare) しょう (shō)
• Kun: ゆ (yu), (baby talk) ぶう (bū)

Compounds

銭湯 (せんとう, sentō): bath house

桜湯 (さくらゆ, sakurayu): sakura tea

Etymology 1

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA: [jɯᵝ]

Noun

湯 (hiragana ゆ, romaji yu)

1. warm or hot water
2. bathwater
3. a hot spring
4. a medicinal bath
5. a medicinal decoction
6. bilgewater
7. molten metal used in casting or founding
8. urine

Derived terms

• 尿 (ゆばり, yubari; ゆまり, yumari)
• 尿放る (ゆばりまる, yubarimaru)

Synonyms

• (medicinal decoction): 茶 (ちゃ, cha): tea

Etymology 2

Baby talk; derivation unknown.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA: [bɯᵝː]

Noun

湯 (hiragana ぶう, romaji bū)

1. (childish) warm or hot water
2. (childish) tea

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Korean

Hanja

湯 (hangeul 탕, 상, revised tang, sang, McCune-Reischauer t'ang, sang, Yale thang, sang)

Compounds

• 雪濃湯

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Mandarin

Hanzi

湯 (simplified 汤, pinyin shāng (shang1), tāng (tang1), tàng (tang4), yáng (yang2), Wade-Giles shang¹, t'ang¹, t'ang⁴, yang²)

Compounds

• 茶湯

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Middle Chinese

Han character

湯 (tɑng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

湯 (thang)