# 溶 — Melt

Frequency rank 968 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 捨 (Throw Away), less common than 炎 (Flame).

- On’yomi: よう
- Kun’yomi: と
- Radical: 水 Water (Kangxi 85)
- Frequency path: Level VIII of XX

Water on the left, with an umbrella and mouth on the right — water poured under an umbrella into a waiting mouth, hot enough to melt anything.

In words:

- 溶く とく — to dissolve (paint)
- 溶かす とかす — to melt,to dissolve
- 溶ける とける — to melt,to thaw,to fuse,to dissolve

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