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溶 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
4Junior high level ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
ヨウよう · yō
Kun
と.ける・と.かす・と.くto.keru · to.kasu · to.ku
Meaning
melt; dissolve

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 "water" with 容: put into water and losing form — to dissolve.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onヨウようyō溶解ようかい溶液ようえき水溶液すいようえき
Kunとけるtokeru溶けるとける

Compare: 解ける

Kunとかすtokasu溶かすとかす

Compare: 解かす

Kunとくtoku溶くとく

Compare: 解く

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 溶液ようえき

    solution (liquid)

  • 水溶性すいようせい

    water-soluble

More words with this kanji

  • 溶銑ようせん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

塩(しお)は水(みず)に溶(と)ける。

Salt dissolves in water.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading ヨウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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