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湯

tāng, shāng

hot water

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound.

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

湯 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
湯 Regular script Modern

Regular 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 湯
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 2 characters (0 verified)

盪 蕩

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

蕩 燙

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*l̥aŋ

syang

shāng

amply-flowing

*l̥ˤaŋ

thang

tāng

hot liquid

*r̥ˤaŋ

thang

tāng

(proper name:) founder of Shāng dynasty


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 18.8531% of movies

1040th most common character in movies

1618th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

汤

Unicode

U+6E6F

Shuowen

“湯，熱水也。从水，昜聲。”


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