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汤

tāng, shāng

hot water

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound. Simplified form of 湯.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

昜 sound component

昜  Sound component

yáng

  

bright

Evolution

汤 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
汤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
汤 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
汤 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
汤 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

汤 (湯) 

tāng

hot water; soup, gravy, broth; soup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs; water in which sth has been boiled

汤 (湯) 

Tāng

surname Tang

汤 (湯) 

shāng

rushing current

Most common words with 汤
Freq.
Word
Meaning

汤

soup

汤姆

Tom (name)

汤圆

boiled balls of glutinous rice flour, eaten during the Lantern Festival

泡汤

to dawdle

鸡汤

chicken stock

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

荡

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

荡 烫 铴

Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 18.8531% of movies

1040th most common character in movies

1618th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

湯

Unicode

U+6C64


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