Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
481 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 16
Meaning: dissolve, melt
Kunyomi: と.ける と.かす
Onyomi: ユウ
Composition: 鬲 虫
Radical: 虫
Meaning: insect
融資 (ユウシ) financing, loan
融合 (ユウゴウ) agglutination, adhesion, fusion, combination, blending, uniting
溶融 (ヨウユウ) melting, fusion
炉心溶融 (ロシンヨウユウ) core meltdown, meltdown, nuclear reactor core meltdown
溶ける (とける) to melt, to thaw, to fuse, to dissolve
溶かす (とかす) to dissolve, to melt