湧
湧 — Boil
boil, ferment, seethe, uproar, breed
On’yomiユウ (yuu)
On’yomiヨウ (you)
On’yomiユ (yu)
Kun’yomiわく (waku)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 湧
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 湧く | わく waku | to well (up); to gush out (of water); to spring out |
| 湧水 | ゆうすい yuusui | welling of water; spring water; spring |
| 湧出 | ゆうしゅつ yuushutsu | gushing out; welling up; springing up |
Study notes
湧 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2070 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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