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湯 Kanji

Hot water · Baths · Everyday words

湯 explanation

湯ゆ means hot water and can also refer to a bath. The usual everyday word is お湯ゆ: warm or hot water for tea, washing, or bathing. It does not have to be boiling. At an onsen, it often means the bathwater.

The two main readings are ゆ, as in 湯船ゆぶね (bathtub) and 湯気ゆげ (steam), and とう, as in 銭湯せんとう (public bathhouse) and 熱湯ねっとう (boiling or scalding water). Learn each word's full reading with the examples below.

Writing · 12 strokes

湯 stroke order

Vocabulary · 9 words

Words with 湯

  • A kettle pouring hot water into a cup.

    お湯ゆ

    Hot water

  • Bubbling water boiling in a pot.

    熱湯ねっとう

    Boiling or scalding water

  • Wisps of steam rising from a kettle.

    湯気ゆげ

    Steam

  • A bathtub filled with warm water.

    湯船ゆぶね

    Bathtub

  • A men's bath entrance with a blue curtain marked 男.

    男湯おとこゆ

    Men’s bath

  • A women's bath entrance with a red curtain marked 女.

    女湯おんなゆ

    Women’s bath

  • A traditional public bathhouse with a tall chimney and a ゆ entrance curtain.

    銭湯せんとう

    Public bathhouse

  • A handleless Japanese teacup filled with green tea.

    湯飲ゆのみ

    Teacup

  • A ribbed hot-water bottle with a cap beside a folded blanket.

    湯ゆたんぽ

    Hot-water bottle

Practice · 10 questions

Kanji practice: 湯

Question 1 of 10What does this kanji mean?湯
Question 2 of 10Choose the reading of this word.お湯
Question 3 of 10Choose the reading of this word.湯気
Question 4 of 10What does this word mean?湯船
Question 5 of 10Choose the reading of this word.銭湯
Question 6 of 10Complete the warning: “Please be careful of the scalding water.”＿＿に気をつけてください。
Question 7 of 10Complete the sentence: “The men’s bath is on the right.”＿＿は右です。
Question 8 of 10Complete the directions: “The entrance to the women’s bath is this way.”＿＿の入り口はこちらです。
Question 9 of 10Complete the sentence: “I pour tea into a teacup.”＿＿にお茶を入れます。
Question 10 of 10Complete the sentence: “I use a hot-water bottle on cold nights.”寒い夜は＿＿を使います。

湯 in everyday sentences

  • お湯ゆをください。

    Some hot water, please.

  • お湯ゆを沸わかして、お茶ちゃを入いれます。

    I boil some water and make tea.

  • 熱湯ねっとうに気きをつけてください。

    Please be careful of the scalding water.

  • やかんから湯気ゆげが出でています。

    Steam is coming from the kettle.

  • 湯船ゆぶねにつかると、体からだが温あたたまります。

    Soaking in the bath warms me up.

  • 湯船ゆぶねに入はいる前まえに、体からだを洗あらいます。

    I wash my body before getting into the bath.

  • 男湯おとこゆは右みぎで、女湯おんなゆは左ひだりです。

    The men's bath is on the right, and the women's bath is on the left.

  • この銭湯せんとうには、大おおきいお風呂ふろがあります。

    This public bathhouse has a large bath.

  • 湯飲ゆのみにお茶ちゃを入いれます。

    I pour tea into a teacup.

  • 寒さむい夜よるは湯ゆたんぽを使つかいます。

    I use a hot-water bottle on cold nights.

  • このお湯ゆは少すこし熱あついです。

    This water is a little hot.

  • 温泉おんせんのお湯ゆは気持きもちがいいです。

    The hot spring water feels nice.

  • お湯ゆが出でません。

    No hot water is coming out.

  • 湯船ゆぶねの中なかでは、石せっけんを使つかいません。

    I do not use soap in the bath itself.

  • 女湯おんなゆの入いり口ぐちはこちらです。

    The entrance to the women's bath is this way.

  • 日曜日にちようびに友達ともだちと銭湯せんとうへ行いきます。

    I go to a public bathhouse with a friend on Sundays.

  • この銭湯せんとうは夜よる十一時じゅういちじまで開あいています。

    This public bathhouse is open until eleven at night.

  • 湯上ゆあがりに、冷つめたい水みずを飲のみます。

    I drink cold water after my bath.

  • 湯冷ゆざめに気きをつけてください。

    Please be careful not to get chilled after your bath.

  • 湯飲ゆのみを二ふたつ洗あらいました。

    I washed two teacups.

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