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湧 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

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2High school graduate / general ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
ユウ・ヨウ・ユゆう・よう・ゆ · yū · yō · yu
Kun
わ.くwa.ku
Meaning
gush; well up

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Water plus vigour: water pushing up out of the ground — to well up.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onユウゆうyū湧水ゆうすい湧出ゆうしゅつ
Kunわくwaku湧くわく

Compare: 沸く

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 湧水ゆうすい

    spring water

  • 湧出ゆうしゅつ

    gushing forth

More words with this kanji

  • 洶湧きょうよう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

岩(いわ)の間(あいだ)から清(きよ)らかな水(みず)が湧(わ)いている。

Clear water is welling up between the rocks.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

湧出湧水湧出exit水water氾overfl…汎wide-r…沙sand汰wash…沃fertil…妖bewitc…喩metaph…瘍sore又furthe…幺tiny
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Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading ユウAll maps

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