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汤

tāng

soup, gravy, broth; hot water

🔤 Pictophonetic: 氵 (water) provides meaning, 昜 provides pronunciation

HSK 4 6 strokes Common (16%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

bright, glorious; to expand, to open up

⿰氵昜 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

shuǐ

氵

water

3 strokes

yáng

昜

bright, glorious; to expand, to open up

💡 Ideographic: Bright and open, like the dawn 旦

9 strokes

dàn

旦

dawn; morning; day

💡 Ideographic: The sun 日 rising over the horizon 一

5 strokes HSK 5

rì

日

sun; day; daytime

📷 Pictographic: The sun

4 strokes HSK 2

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

wù

勿

must not, do not; without, never

💡 Ideographic: A knife 勹 cutting fragments 丿 off

4 strokes HSK 5

Words Using 汤 (83)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled

tāng

汤 ↗

HSK 4

soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled

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

tāngyuán

汤圆 ↗

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

Shang Tang (1646-? BC), legendary founder of the Shang Dynasty

ShāngTāng

商汤 ↗

Shang Tang (1646-? BC), legendary founder of the Shang Dynasty

以汤沃沸 ↗

yǐtāngwòfèi

to manage a situation badly (idiom)

yǐtāngwòfèi

以汤沃沸 ↗

to manage a situation badly (idiom)

池汤 ↗

chítāng

large pool in a bathhouse

chítāng

池汤 ↗

large pool in a bathhouse

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