汤
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soup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs; water in which sth has been boiled
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Dict coverage rank #774 U+6C64
How 汤 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 昜 (phonetic, yáng)
components: 氵 昜
How to remember it
soup · Heisig RSH #527
水 water + piglets
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 昜
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 昜 (yáng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 昜 sound component | yáng | bright, glorious; to expand, to open up |
| 场 | chǎng | field, open space; market, square; stage |
| 扬 | yáng | to flutter, to wave; to hoist, to raise; to praise |
| 肠 | cháng | intestines; emotions; sausage |
| 畅 | chàng | freely, smoothly; unrestrained |
| 殇 | shāng | to die young; national mourning |
| 疡 | yáng | sore, ulcer; infection |
| 觞 | shāng | wine cup; to propose a toast; feast |
| 炀 | yáng | to scorch, to roast, to melt |
| 饧 | xíng | syrup, molasses, malt sugar; sticky |
Words containing 汤
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 汤加里罗 | Tāng jiā lǐ luó | Tongariro, volcanic area on North Island, New Zealand |
| 小汤山 | Xiǎo tāng shān | Xiaotangshan town in Beijing municipality |
| 汤力水 | tāng lì shuǐ | tonic water |
| 金汤力 | jīn tāng lì | (loanword) gin and tonic |
| 汤原县 | Tāng yuán Xiàn | Tangyuan, a county in Jiamusi City 佳木斯市[Jia1 mu4 si1 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 四物汤 | sì wù tāng | four-substance decoction (si wu tang), tonic formula used in Chinese medicine |
| 肉汤面 | ròu tāng miàn | noodles in meat soup |
| 心灵鸡汤 | xīn líng jī tāng | (often used disparagingly) feel-good motivational story or quote (from the Chinese transla… |
| 汤姆·克兰西 | Tāng mǔ · Kè lán xī | Tom Clancy (1947-2013), US author |
| 头汤 | tóu tāng | first bouillon, a broth made with ingredients that may later be reboiled to make a second … |
| 汤加群岛 | Tāng jiā Qún dǎo | Tonga |
| 白汤 | bái tāng | clear soup; white broth, also called 奶湯|奶汤[nai3 tang1]; decoction of chrysanthemum, liquor… |
| 金汤 | jīn tāng | impregnable fortress (abbr. for 金城湯池|金城汤池[jin1 cheng2 tang1 chi2]) |
| 上汤 | shàng tāng | (regional) stock (used in Chinese cooking) |
| 高汤 | gāo tāng | clear soup; soup stock |
| 汤面 | tāng miàn | noodles in soup |
| 面汤 | miàn tāng | noodle soup; noodles in soup; noodle broth |
| 蛋花汤 | dàn huā tāng | clear soup containing beaten egg and green leafy vegetable; eggdrop soup |
| 金城汤池 | jīn chéng tāng chí | impregnable fortress |
| 汤阴县 | Tāng yīn Xiàn | Tangyin, a county in Anyang City 安陽市|安阳市[An1 yang2 Shi4], Henan |