What is the Kanji for "Hot water"?

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

The Japanese Kanji for "Hot water" is "湯".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Yu".

Its onyomi reading is "Tou".

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 component "昜" .

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

What does the kanji "湯" mean in japanese?

"湯" means "Hot water".

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

Here are some words that use this kanji:

湯: "Hot water". The Japanese noun '湯 (ゆ)' means 'hot water'. It refers to heated water, often used for bathing, drinking, or cooking. This word is commonly used in context of hot springs, baths, and other settings involving heated water. For example: Let's soak in the hot spring - (温泉に湯につかろう). I need to boil some water - (湯を沸かさなければならない).

湯飲み: "Teacup". The Japanese noun '湯飲み (ゆのみ)' refers to a small cup or container used for drinking hot beverages, especially tea. It is a traditional Japanese vessel, often made of ceramic or porcelain, and is commonly used in tea ceremonies and other traditional settings. For example: I drink tea from a small teacup - (小さな湯飲みから茶を飲む).

湯気: "Steam". The noun '湯気 (ゆげ)' refers to the steam or vapor that rises from hot liquids, such as boiling water or hot tea. It can be used to describe the visible clouds of water vapor that emanate from a hot surface. For example: The tea is still hot, look at the steam rising - (お茶はまだ熱いよ、湯気が立っているの見て). The bath water is making a lot of steam - (お風呂の湯気がたくさん立っている).

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 "と" is read as "to". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". And The hiragana "ゆ" is read as "yu".

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.