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湯

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See also: 汤
湯 U+6E6F, 湯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E6F
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[U+6E70]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 638, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17874
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1045, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1674, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+6E6F
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (昜) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l̥ʰaːŋ, *l̥ʰaːŋs, *hljaŋ): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 昜 (OC *laŋ).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-la(w)ŋ (“steam; hot (liquid)”); compare Tibetan རླངས (rlangs, “steam, vapour; steamy”) (Bodman, 1980; STEDT).

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”) (Wang, 1982; Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • Putian:
    • tung1 - vernacular (incl. surname of most people);
    • torng1 - literary (incl. surname of a few people).
  • Xianyou:
    • tng1 - vernacular;
    • torng1 - literary (incl. surname).
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Definitions

湯

  1. (literary or regional) hot or boiling water
    赴湯蹈火／赴汤蹈火  ―  fùtāngdǎohuǒ  ―  to defy all difficulties and dangers (literally, “to go through boiling water and tread on fire”)
  2. broth; stock
    高湯／高汤  ―  gāotāng  ―  bouillon
  3. soup; water in which something has been boiled; beverage
    薑湯／姜汤  ―  jiāng tāng  ―  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. (Southern Min) pus
  8. Tang of Shang, founder of the Shang Dynasty of China
  9. a surname
    湯顯祖／汤显祖  ―  Tāng Xiǎnzǔ  ―  Tang Xianzu (playwright of the Ming dynasty)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 熱水 (“hot water”) [map]
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Compounds

Pronunciation 2

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Definitions

湯

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 燙／烫 (tàng, “to warm; to bathe or rinse in hot water”).
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to touch; to come in contact with
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to meet with
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 蕩 / 荡 (dàng, “to wander; unconstrained”)
  5. used in 湯湯／汤汤 (tàngtàng, “turbulent”)

Pronunciation 3

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Definitions

湯

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of a river current) rushing; great; torrential
    湯湯／汤汤  ―  shāngshāng  ―  torrential

Compounds

Pronunciation 4

Definitions

湯

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 湯谷／汤谷, alternative form of 暘谷 / 旸谷
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