溶

音読おんよみ: ヨウ

訓読くんよみ:ける・とかす・と

画数かくすう: 10

部首ぶしゅ: さんずい(氵)

Meaning

Melt / Dissolve / Blend

Conjugation
Tap for 溶ける (melt) Tap for 溶かす (melt)
  • 溶液ようえき — solution (in chemistry)
  • 溶岩ようがん — lava (molten rock)
  • 溶解ようかい — dissolution; melting
  • 溶接ようせつ — welding; fusing metals together
  • ける — to melt; to dissolve
  • かす — to melt or dissolve something
  • く — to dissolve; to work something into a liquid

With the water radical さんずい on the left, combines the idea of liquid with a container-like form, suggesting something that melts and spreads out inside. From ice melting to sugar dissolving, it captures the image of one substance blending smoothly into another.

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