Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l̥ʰaːŋ, *l̥ʰaːŋs, *hljaŋ) : semantic 氵 ‎(“water”) + phonetic 昜 ‎(OC *laŋ) – a kind of liquid, hot water, soup.

Note that 昜 derives from 日 (“sun”), so connotations of “hot” – hot liquid, hot water, soup.

Etymology

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”).

Bodman (1980) connects this with Tibetan རླངས ‎(rlangs, “steam, vapour; steamy”).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

湯

1. (literary or regional) hot or boiling water
2. broth; stock
3. soup; water in which something has been boiled; beverage

   薑湯 / 姜汤  ―  jiāngtāng  ―  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. (Min Nan) pus
8. Tang of Shang, founder of the Shang Dynasty of China
9. A surname​.

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

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

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

湯

1. ^†Only used in 湯湯／汤汤 (“torrential”).

Compounds

Pronunciation 4

Definitions

湯

1. ^†Alternative form of 暘／旸 (yáng). Only used in 暘谷／旸谷.

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: とう (tō) from historical たう (tau), (rare) しょう (shō)
• Kan’on: とう (tō) from historical たう (tau), (rare) しょう (shō)
• Tōon: たん (tan)
• Kun: ゆ (yu), (baby talk) ぶう (bū)

Compounds

Etymology 1

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) ゆ​ [yúꜜ] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [jɯᵝ]

Noun

湯 ‎(hiragana ゆ, romaji 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

Derived terms

• 尿 (ゆばり) ‎(yubari), 尿 (ゆまり) ‎(yumari)

Synonyms

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

Etymology 2

Baby talk.^[2] Possibly onomatopoeic of a person blowing on a hot beverage.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [bɯᵝː]

Noun

湯 ‎(hiragana ぶう, romaji bū)

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

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

Korean

Hanja

湯 • ‎(tang, sang) (hangeul 탕, 상, revised tang, sang, McCune-Reischauer t'ang, sang, Yale thang, sang)

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Compounds

• 雪濃湯

Vietnamese

Han character

湯 (thang)

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