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湧

Well Up
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingユウ
Kun readingわ.く

Verbs with «湧»

湧く

Meanings

  1. well Up
  2. boil
  3. breed
  4. ferment
  5. seethe
  6. uproar
  7. bubble upRtK
  1. to well (up)
  2. to gush out (of water)
  3. to spring out
  4. to surge
  5. to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.)

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · courageous · courage · chop-seal · hanko · male · rice field (田) · brains · power (力) · muscle (力) · arnold

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1510

Compound words

彼は胸中に愛国心が湧き上がるのを感じた。
He felt patriotism rise in his breast.tatoeba
当初抗議する人はほんのわずかだったが、今やそこらじゅうから湧き起こっている。
At first only a few people protested, but now they're all coming out of the woodwork.tatoeba
宇宙飛行士達は自然と湧き起こった拍手で迎えられた。
The astronauts were greeted with spontaneous applause.tatoeba
いざとなれば勇気が湧いてくる。
Your courage will come out in a crisis.tatoeba

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

大きな君の写真の前で頭を下げていたときのように、何も湧いてこなかった。
おおきなきみのしゃしんのまえであたまをさげていたときのように、なにもわいてこなかった。Like when I lowered my head before your large photo, nothing welled up.
君も、君の声も、君の顔も、君の仕草も、何も頭の中に湧いてこない。
きみも、きみのこえも、きみのかおも、きみのしぐさも、なにもあたまのなかにわいてこない。You—your voice, your face, your gestures—nothing comes to mind.
頭の底から湧いてきた
あたまのそこからわいてきたIt bubbled up from the depths of my mind.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Well up. 氵 (water) + 勇 (vigour) — water bursting up from the ground.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 湧

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