Kanji N2

浴: bathe, be favored with, bask in

浴 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning bathe, be favored with, bask in, written with 10 strokes. It is read ヨク (on) and あびる, あびせる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 浴びる (あびる, to dash over oneself) and 浴衣 (ゆかた, yukata).

浴

Meanings

  • bathe
  • be favored with
  • bask in
Strokes10
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#1136 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ヨク

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • あびる
  • あびせる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 浴

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 浴びるあびる

    to dash over oneself (e.g. water)

    JLPT N5
  • 浴衣ゆかた

    yukata

    JLPT N2
  • 海水浴かいすいよく

    swimming in the ocean; sea bathing

    JLPT N2
  • 入浴にゅうよく

    bathing; going in the bath

    JLPT N1
  • 浴室よくしつ

    bathroom

    JLPT N1
  • 浴場よくじょう

    bathhouse; (public) bath

  • 浴槽よくそう

    bathtub

  • 海水浴場かいすいよくじょう

    swimming area (in the ocean); swimming beach

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