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soup 汤
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Explanation |
The right half was simplified from 易, which shows the sun 日 with its warming rays 勿, so that the water 氵 warms up and becomes soup.
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汤
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| soup, hot or boiling water
tāng
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汤
氵
易
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Left: water 氵, right simplified from: easy 易 (This shows the warming sun 日 with its shine 勿.)
"Water" is warmed by the sunshine and turns into: a soup.
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烫
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| hot, to burn, to scald, to iron
tàng
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汤
火
氵
易
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Top: soup 汤 (Water 氵 is made by warming sunshine 易 into: a soup.), bottom: fire 火
The soup from the fire is: hot and you will burn.
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荡
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to wash, to squander, to sweep away, dissolute
dàng
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艹
汤
易
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Top: grass, plant 艹, bottom: soup 汤 (Water 氵is turned by warming sunrays 易 into: a soup.)
(There are organic laundry detergents.) When you take plants to make a 'soup' you can use it for washing.
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