Kanji N2

溶: melt, dissolve, thaw

溶 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning melt, dissolve, thaw, written with 13 strokes. It is read ヨウ (on) and とける, とかす, とく (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 溶岩 (ようがん, lava) and 溶かす (とかす, to melt).

溶

Meanings

  • melt
  • dissolve
  • thaw
Strokes13
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1364 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ヨウ

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

Kun reading
  • とける
  • とかす
  • とく

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

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 13. Start at the dot.

Common words with 溶

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

  • 溶岩ようがん

    lava

    JLPT N2
  • 溶かすとかす

    to melt; to liquefy; to thaw

    JLPT N2
  • 溶くとく

    to mix (e.g. water with flour)

    JLPT N2
  • 溶けるとける

    to melt; to liquefy

    JLPT N2
  • 溶け込むとけこむ

    to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into

    JLPT N2
  • 溶液ようえき

    solution (liquid)

    JLPT N1
  • 溶接ようせつ

    welding

  • 溶解ようかい

    dissolution; dissolving

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.