溶

See also: 浴よく

溶 U+6EB6, 溶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6EB6 ← 溵 [U+6EB5] CJK Unified Ideographs 溷 → [U+6EB7]

Translingual

Han character

溶 (Kangxi radical 85, 水みず+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水みず十じゅう金口きんぐち (EJCR), four-corner 3316₈, composition ⿰氵容よう)

See also

• 浴よく

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 641, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17983
• Dae Jaweon: page 1048, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1708, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6EB6

Chinese

simp. and trad.		溶

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (谷たに) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
螸	*lo
裕ひろし	*loɡs
容よう	*loŋ
溶	*loŋ, *loŋʔ
鎔	*loŋ
蓉	*loŋ
傛	*loŋ, *loŋʔ
褣	*loŋ
搈	*loŋ
瑢	*loŋ
嵱	*loŋ
熔	*loŋ
榕よう	*loŋ
塎	*loŋʔ
谷たに	*ɦkroːɡ, *kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ
唂	*kloːɡ
焀	*ɡloːɡ
俗ぞく	*ljoɡ
欲よく	*loɡ
浴よく	*loɡ
鵒	*loɡ
峪	*ɦkloːɡ
鋊	*loɡ
輍	*loɡ
慾よく	*loɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい／形声けいせい, OC *loŋ, *loŋʔ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 容よう (OC *loŋ)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “What relation is there between 融とおる, 鎔, 熔, and 溶?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): róng (rong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yùng
• Eastern Min (BUC): ṳ̀ng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iûⁿ / iôⁿ / iông / iâuⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ion⁵ / iên⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: róng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: róng
    • Wade–Giles: jung²
    • Yale: rúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rong
    • Palladius: жун (žun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jung⁴
    • Yale: yùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: iung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yung²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯uŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yung²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯uŋ¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̀ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iũ²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /iũ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iôⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iônn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔ̃¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông
    • Tâi-lô: iông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei): /iɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iâunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viaau
    • IPA (Penang): /iãu²³/

Note:

• iûⁿ/iôⁿ - vernacular;
• iông - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ion⁵ / iên⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iôⁿ / iêⁿ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ĩõ⁵⁵/, /ĩẽ⁵⁵/

Note:

• ion5 - Shantou;
• iên5 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: yowng, yowngX

Rime
Character	溶	溶
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲こえ)	以 (36)	以 (36)
Final (韻いん)	鍾 (7)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調しらべ)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III	III
Fanqie	餘よ封ふう切きり	余よ隴切きり
Baxter	yowng	yowngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨoŋ/	/jɨoŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/jioŋ/	/jioŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ioŋ/	/ioŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juawŋ/	/juawŋX/
Li Rong	/ioŋ/	/ioŋX/
Wang Li	/jĭwoŋ/	/jĭwoŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯woŋ/	/i̯woŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yóng	yǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jung4	jung5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*loŋ/, /*loŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	溶	溶
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4285	4296
Phonetic component	谷たに	谷たに
Rime group	東ひがし	東ひがし
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	容よう	勇いさむ
Old Chinese	/*loŋ/	/*loŋʔ/

Definitions

溶

1. to dissolve; to melt; to disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion in a liquid
2. (literary, of water) grand; broad
3. soluble

Synonyms

• (to dissolve): 溶解ようかい (róngjiě)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to dissolve”): 凝結ぎょうけつ／凝しこり结 (níngjié)

Compounds

• 不溶ふよう
• 可溶性かようせい (kěróngxìng)
• 岩いわ溶 (yánróng)
• 暖だん溶溶
• 氣き態たい溶液ようえき／气态溶液ようえき
• 汗あせ溶溶
• 沇溶
• 河かわ溶 (Héróng)
• 液えき態たい溶液ようえき／液えき态溶液えき
• 溶入 (róngrù)
• 溶劑ようざい／溶剂 (róngjì)
• 溶化 (rónghuà)
• 溶合
• 溶媒ようばい (róngméi)
• 溶氧量りょう
• 溶液ようえき (róngyè)
• 溶溶 (róngróng)
• 溶溶洩洩も／溶溶泄泄
• 溶溶脈脈みゃくみゃく／溶溶脉脉
• 溶溶蕩蕩とうとう／溶溶荡荡
• 溶㵝
• 溶蝕／溶蚀
• 溶解ようかい (róngjiě)
• 溶解ようかい度ど (róngjiědù)
• 溶解ようかい熱ねつ／溶解ようかい热 (róngjiěrè)
• 溶質ようしつ／溶质 (róngzhì)
• 澒溶／𭱊溶
• 真ま溶液ようえき
• 飽和ほうわ溶液ようえき／饱和溶液ようえき

 

Japanese

Kanji

溶

(Jōyō kanji)

1. to dissolve; to melt

Readings

• Go-on: ゆう (yū)^{←ゆう (yuu, historical)}
• Kan-on: よう (yō, Jōyō)^{←よう (you, historical)}
• Kun: とく (toku, 溶とく, Jōyō); とかす (tokasu, 溶とかす, Jōyō); とける (tokeru, 溶とける, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 溶(よう)暗くら(あん) (yōan)
• 溶(よう)溢(いつ) (yōitsu)
• 溶(よう)液えき(えき) (yōeki)
• 溶(よう)化か(か) (yōka) (熔(よう)化か(か))
• 溶(よう)解かい(かい) (yōkai) (熔(よう)解かい(かい), 鎔(よう)解かい(かい))
• 溶(よう)岩いわ(がん) (yōgan) (熔(よう)岩いわ(がん))
• 溶(よう)菌きん(きん) (yōkin)
• 溶(よう)血ち(けつ) (yōketsu)
• 溶(よう)鉱こう(こう)炉ろ(ろ) (yōkōro) (鎔(よう)鉱こう(こう)炉ろ(ろ))
• 溶(よう)滓かす(さい) (yōsai) (鎔(よう)滓かす(さい))
• 溶(よう)滓かす(し) (yōshi) (鎔(よう)滓かす(し))
• 溶(よう)質しつ(しつ) (yōshitsu)
• 溶(よう)射い(しゃ) (yōsha)
• 溶(よう)出で(しゅつ) (yōshutsu)
• 溶(よう)食しょく(しょく), 溶(よう)蝕(しょく) (yōshoku)
• 溶(よう)接せっ(せつ) (yōsetsu) (熔(よう)接せっ(せつ))
• 溶(よう)銑ずく(せん) (yōsen) (鎔(よう)銑ずく(せん))
• 溶(よう)然しか(ぜん) (yōzen)
• 溶(よう)体からだ(たい) (yōtai)
• 溶(よう)断だん(だん) (yōdan)
• 溶(よう)着ちゃく(ちゃく) (yōchaku) (熔(よう)着ちゃく(ちゃく))
• 溶(よう)媒なかだち(ばい) (yōbai)
• 溶(よう)明あきら(めい) (yōmei)
• 溶(よう)冶(や) (yōya) (鎔(よう)冶(や))
• 溶(よう)融とおる(ゆう) (yōyū) (熔(よう)融とおる(ゆう))
• 溶(よう)溶(よう) (yōyō)
• 溶(よう)漾(よう) (yōyō)
• 溶(よう)錬ね(れん) (yōren) (熔(よう)錬ね(れん))
• 溶(よう)炉ろ(ろ) (yōro) (熔(よう)炉ろ(ろ))
• 溶(よう)和わ(わ) (yōwa) (熔(よう)和わ(わ))
• 鴻おおとり(こう)溶(よう) (kōyō)
• 紛まがえ(ふん)溶(よう) (fun'yō)
• 悠ゆう溶
• 游ゆう(ゆう)溶(よう) (yūyō)
• 揺ゆら溶

 

Etymology

Kanji in this term
溶
よう Grade: S
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 溶 (MC yowngX).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jo̞ː]

Affix

溶(よう) • (yō) 

1. to melt, dissolve, thaw

References

• 白川しらかわ静しず (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “溶”, in 字じ通どおり (Jitsū)‎^[1] (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

溶 (eum 용 (yong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

溶: Hán Nôm readings: dung

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