湯

See also: 汤

Translingual

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trad.		湯
simp.		汤

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 昜 – a kind of liquid, hot water, soup. Note that 昜 derives from 日 (“sun”), so connotations of “hot” – hot liquid, hot water, soup.

Han character

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

1. hot water
2. soup, gravy, broth
3. Tang of Shang, founder of Shang Dynasty of China
4. used as a surname

See also

• 沸

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

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Chinese

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trad.		湯
simp.		汤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāng (tang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴, soeng¹, tong¹, tong³
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): thông
• Min Nan (POJ): thng / thong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: tāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤ
    • Wade-Giles: t'ang¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tang
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴, soeng¹, tong¹, tong³
    • Yale: yèuhng, sēung, tōng, tong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴, soeng¹, tong¹, tong³
    • IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹/, /sœːŋ⁵⁵/, /tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/, /tʰɔːŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thông
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /tʰoŋ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thng / thong
    • Tâi-lô: thng / thong
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰŋ̍⁴⁴/, /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰŋ̍³⁴/, /tʰɔŋ³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (湯, reconstructed)
Character (湯), Pronunciation 1/3
Initial: 書 (26) Final: 陽 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 式羊切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɕɨɐŋ/	/ɕi̯aŋ/	/ɕiaŋ/	/ɕiɐŋ/	/ɕɨaŋ/	/ɕĭaŋ/	/ɕiɑŋ/
Character (湯), Pronunciation 2/3
Initial: 透 (6) Final: 唐 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 吐郎切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/tʰɑŋ/	/tʰɑŋ/	/tʰɑŋ/	/tʰɑŋ/	/tʰaŋ/	/tʰɑŋ/	/tʰɑŋ/
Character (湯), Pronunciation 3/3
Initial: 透 (6) Final: 唐 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 他浪切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/tʰɑŋH/	/tʰɑŋH/	/tʰɑŋH/	/tʰɑŋH/	/tʰaŋH/	/tʰɑŋH/	/tʰɑŋH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (湯, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
湯								shāng								‹ syang ›								/*l̥ aŋ/								amply-flowing
湯								tāng								‹ thang ›								/*l̥ ˤaŋ/								hot liquid
湯								tāng								‹ thang ›								/*r̥ ˤaŋ/								(proper name:) founder of Shāng dynasty
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
湯					14552					昜					陽					0					湯					/*l̥ʰaːŋ/
湯					14560					昜					陽					0					儻					/*l̥ʰaːŋs/					後作燙
湯					14585					昜					陽					0					商					/*hljaŋ/

Definitions

湯

1. soup

   我们晚餐喝汤  ―  wǒmen wǎncān hē tāng  ―  We will have soup for diner

2. hot or boiling water, water in which something has been boiled

   元宵用水煮，随汤一起吃。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Yuánxiāo yòng shuǐ zhǔ, suí tāng yīqǐ chī. [Pinyin]

   Sweet dumplings are boiled and served in hot water.

3. decoction of medicinal herbs

Proper noun

湯

1. A surname​.

Compounds

• 茶湯

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Japanese

Kanji

湯

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: とう (tō), (historical) たう (tau), (rare) しょう (shō)
• Kun: ゆ (yu), (baby talk) ぶう (bū)

Compounds

銭湯 (せんとう, sentō): bath house

桜湯 (さくらゆ, sakura yu): sakura tea

Etymology 1

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• 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; ゆまり, yumari)

Synonyms

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

Etymology 2

Baby talk; derivation unknown.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [bɯᵝː]

Noun

湯 (hiragana ぶう, romaji bū)

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

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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

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Vietnamese

Han character

湯 (thang)

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