溶
溶 — Melt
melt, dissolve, thaw
On’yomiヨウ (you)
Kun’yomiとける (tokeru)
Kun’yomiとかす (tokasu)
Kun’yomiとく (toku)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 溶
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 溶岩 | ようがん yougan | lava |
| 溶かす | とかす tokasu | to melt; to liquefy; to thaw |
| 溶く | とく toku | to mix (e.g. water with flour); to dissolve (salt in water, paint, etc.); to mix in |
| 溶ける | とける tokeru | to melt; to liquefy; to soften (e.g. through heat) |
| 溶け込む | とけこむ tokekomu | to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into |
| 溶液 | ようえき youeki | solution (liquid) |
Study notes
溶 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1364 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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