溶

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See also: 浴
溶 U+6EB6, 溶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6EB6
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Translingual

Han character

溶 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水十金口 (EJCR), four-corner 33168, composition ⿰氵容)

See also

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) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
螸 *lo
裕 *loɡs
容 *loŋ
溶 *loŋ, *loŋʔ
鎔 *loŋ
蓉 *loŋ
傛 *loŋ, *loŋʔ
褣 *loŋ
搈 *loŋ
瑢 *loŋ
嵱 *loŋ
熔 *loŋ
榕 *loŋ
塎 *loŋʔ
谷 *ɦkroːɡ, *kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ
唂 *kloːɡ
焀 *ɡloːɡ
俗 *ljoɡ
欲 *loɡ
浴 *loɡ
鵒 *loɡ
峪 *ɦkloːɡ
鋊 *loɡ
輍 *loɡ
慾 *loɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *loŋ, *loŋʔ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 容 (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, 鎔, 熔, and 溶?”)

Pronunciation

Note:
  • iûⁿ/iôⁿ - vernacular;
  • iông - literary.
Note:
  • ion5 - Shantou;
  • iên5 - Chaozhou.
    Rime
    Character 溶 溶
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial (聲) 以 (36) 以 (36)
    Final (韻) 鍾 (7) 鍾 (7)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division (等) III III
    Fanqie 餘封切 余隴切
    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
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 溶 溶
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    No. 4285 4296
    Phonetic
    component         		谷 谷
    Rime
    group         		東 東
    Rime
    subdivision         		0 0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		容 勇
    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 (róngjiě)

    Antonyms

    • (antonym(s) of “to dissolve”): 凝結／凝结 (níngjié)

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    溶

    (common “Jōyō” kanji)

    1. to dissolve; to melt

    Readings

    Compounds

    Etymology

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

    From Middle Chinese 溶 (MC yowngX).

    Pronunciation

    Affix

    溶(よう) • (yō) 

    1. to melt, dissolve, thaw

    References

    Korean

    Hanja

    溶 (eum 용 (yong))

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    溶: Hán Nôm readings: dung

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