湯

湯 U+6E6F, 湯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E6F ← 湮 [U+6E6E] CJK Unified Ideographs 湰 → [U+6E70]

湯 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水日一竹 (EAMH), four-corner 3612₇, composition ⿰氵昜)

• 燙(烫) 璗(𬍡) 盪 簜(𰩹) 蕩(荡) 鐋(铴) 𠎯 𡑑 𡢈 𡼍 𡾕 𢡂 𢴳 𧑘 𪳷(𬂱) 𮣋

• 汤 (Simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 638, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17874
• Dae Jaweon: page 1045, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1674, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6E6F

trad.		湯
simp.		汤
alternative forms		漡 “rushing current”

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰaːŋ, *l̥ʰaːŋs, *hljaŋ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 昜 (OC *laŋ).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-la(w)ŋ (“steam; hot (liquid)”); compare Tibetan རླངས (rlangs, “steam, vapour; steamy”) (Bodman, 1980; STEDT).

Related to 盪 (OC *l̥ʰaːŋ, *l̥ʰaːŋs, *l'aːŋʔ, “basin for holding hot water for washing; wash basin”), 煬 (OC *laŋ, *laŋs, “to heat; to roast”) (Wang, 1982; Schuessler, 2007).

湯

1. (literary or regional) hot or boiling water

   赴湯蹈火／赴汤蹈火  ―  fùtāngdǎohuǒ  ―  to defy all difficulties and dangers (literally, “to go through boiling water and tread on fire”)

2. broth; stock

   高湯／高汤  ―  gāotāng  ―  bouillon

3. soup; water in which something has been boiled; beverage

   薑湯／姜汤  ―  jiāng tāng  ―  ginger tea

   我們晚餐喝湯。／我们晚餐喝汤。  ―  Wǒmen wǎncān hē tāng.  ―  We will have soup for dinner.

   元宵用水煮，隨湯一起吃。 [MSC, trad.]
   元宵用水煮，随汤一起吃。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yuánxiāo yòng shuǐ zhǔ, suí tāng yīqǐ chī. [Pinyin]

   Sweet dumplings are boiled and served in hot water.

4. decoction of medicinal herbs

   白虎湯／白虎汤  ―  bái hǔ tāng  ―  White Tiger Decoction

5. hot spring
6. (dialectal Mandarin) dinner; meal

   喝湯兒／喝汤儿  ―  hē tāngr  ―  to have a meal [Central Mandarin]

7. (Southern Min) pus
8. Tang of Shang, founder of the Shang Dynasty of China
9. a surname

   湯顯祖／汤显祖  ―  Tāng Xiǎnzǔ  ―  Tang Xianzu (playwright of the Ming dynasty)

湯

1. ^† Original form of 燙／烫 (tàng, “to warm; to bathe or rinse in hot water”).
2. ^† to touch; to come in contact with
3. ^† to meet with
4. ^† Alternative form of 蕩／荡 (dàng, “to wander; unconstrained”)
5. Used in 湯湯／汤汤 (tàngtàng, “turbulent”).

湯

1. ^† (of a river current) rushing; great; torrential

   湯湯／汤汤  ―  shāngshāng  ―  torrential

湯

1. ^† Only used in 湯谷／汤谷, alternative form of 暘谷／旸谷

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}、しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}、しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Tō-on: たん (tan)
• On: よう (yō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
• Kun: ゆ (yu, 湯, Jōyō)

Kanji in this term
湯
ゆ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *yu.

First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.^[1] Also used in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.^[2]

• (Tokyo) ゆ [yúꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3]
• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟]

湯(ゆ) • (yu) 

1. warm or hot water
2. bathwater
3. a hot spring
4. a medicinal bath
5. a medicinal decoction
6. bilgewater
7. molten metal used in casting or founding
8. urine

• (medicinal decoction): 茶(ちゃ) (cha): tea

• 尿(ゆばり) (yubari), 尿(ゆまり) (yumari)

Kanji in this term
湯
ぶう Grade: 3
irregular

Baby talk.^[1] Possibly onomatopoeic of a person blowing on a hot beverage.

• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ː]

湯(ぶう) • (bū) 

1. (childish, archaic) warm or hot water
2. (childish, archaic) tea

湯 (eumhun 끓일 탕 (kkeuril tang))

1. Hanja form^? of 탕 (“hot water”).

• 雪濃湯

湯: Hán Việt readings: thang^[1][2][3][4], sương^[3], thãng^[3]
湯: Nôm readings: than^[4]

1. (alternative medicine) chữ Hán form of thang (“a dose of herbal medicine”).
2. (obsolete) chữ Hán form of thang (“hot, boiling, or bubbling water”).