What is the Kanji for "Bathe"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Bathe", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Bathe" is "浴".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "A".

Its onyomi reading is "Yoku".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "氵" means "Water" . And The kanji "谷" means "Valley" and can be read as "Koku" and "Tani".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "浴" mean in japanese?

"浴" means "Bathe".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Fourth Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N2 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

浴びる: "To bathe". The Japanese verb '浴びる (あびる)' means 'to bathe'. This verb is used to describe the action of bathing or showering. It can be used with nouns referring to the thing being bathed in, such as 'water' or 'rain'. For example: I bathe in the bath - (お風呂に浴びる). She bathed in the rain - (彼女は雨に浴びた).

海水浴: "Swimming". The verbal noun '海水浴 (かいすいよく)' means 'swimming'. This word refers to the act of swimming, specifically in the ocean or sea. It is commonly used to describe the popular summer activity of going to the beach and swimming in the ocean. For example: Let's go to the beach for swimming - (海水浴に行きましょう). I enjoy swimming in the ocean - (海水浴が好きです).

入浴: "Bathing". The Japanese verbal noun '入浴 (にゅうよく)' means 'bathing'. This term refers to the act of taking a bath or entering a bath. It implies the full process of immersing oneself in water for the purposes of cleaning, relaxation, or hygiene. Example sentences: I enjoy taking a bath every night - (毎晩入浴するのが楽しみです). Taking a bath after a long day is very relaxing - (長い1日の後に入浴するのはとてもリラックスできます).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "あ" is read as "a". The hiragana "よ" is read as "yo". And The hiragana "く" is read as "ku".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.