Kanji

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:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: insect

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ユウシ financing, loan

ユウゴウ agglutination, adhesion, fusion, combination, blending, uniting

ヨウユウ melting, fusion

炉心溶 ロシンヨウユウ core meltdown, meltdown, nuclear reactor core meltdown

Kunyomi Examples

溶ける とける to melt, to thaw, to fuse, to dissolve

溶かす とかす to dissolve, to melt