Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N2

1136 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: bathe, be favored with, bask in

Kunyomi: あ.びる あ.びせる

Onyomi: ヨク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: さんずい

Meaning: water

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

槽(よくそう)   bathtub

室(よくしつ)   bathroom, bath

海水(かいすいよく)   sea bathing, seawater bath

日光(にっこうよく)   sunbathing

公衆場(こうしゅうよくじょう)   public bathhouse

する(にゅうよくする)   bathe [v.i.]

びる(あびる)   bathe, bask in the sun [v.t.]

び(みずあび)   bathing in cold water

びせる(あびせる)   pour onto

*衣(ゆかた)   yukata (type of clothing)

Onyomi Examples

ヨクシツ bathroom

ユカタ yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)

カイヨク bathing (in a Zen Temple)

デイヨク mud bath

Kunyomi Examples

びる あびる to dash over oneself (e.g. water), to take (e.g. shower), to bask in (e.g. the sun), to bathe in, to be flooded with (e.g. light), to be covered in, to suffer (e.g. an attack), to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise), to have heaped upon, to be showered with

びせる あびせる to pour on