汤tāng
soup, broth. 6 strokes, radical 氵, first met in HSK 3.
Pinyin tāngStrokes 6Radical 氵Band HSK 3Words 1
How to write 汤
Strokes 1–3 write 氵, then strokes 4–6 write 昜.
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What 汤 is made of
氵 (shuǐ, water) and 昜 (yáng, bright).
氵 carries the meaning — water — and 昜 carries the sound.
Words that use 汤
| 汤 | soup, broth 用水久煮而成，热热的可以喝下去 妈妈煮了一锅热气腾腾的鸡汤。Mum simmered a whole pot of steaming chicken soup. Lesson 224, 厨下飘香与温情美味 · 居所闲暇与日常生活 · Domestic Leisure, Home Living & Casual Recreation |
Characters that share the sound part 昜
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 氵
All 76 of them, and what the radical means, on the 氵 radical page.