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溶

Level VIII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 968 / 2,608

Melt

On’yomi
よう
Kun’yomi
と
Radical
水 Water (Kangxi 85)

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

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

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)N2
溶かす とかす to melt,to dissolveN2
溶ける とける to melt,to thaw,to fuse,to dissolveN2

溶 is rank 968 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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