溶 means “dissolve, melt”

とける · tokeru

Also: thaw

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

とける, とかす, とく

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ヨウ

JLPT N2 · Taught in secondary school · 13 strokes

The story

Water (氵) beside 容, to hold: water taking in whatever you drop into it and keeping it out of sight. 溶ける is to melt or dissolve, like sugar in tea or ice cream in July, and 溶岩 is lava, rock melted into a flowing river.

Used in 溶ける (tokeru, to melt/dissolve), 溶かす (tokasu, to melt), and 溶岩 (yougan, lava)

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