湯 means “hot water, bath”

ゆ · yu

Also: hot spring

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ゆ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

トウ

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The story

Water (氵) beside 昜, the sun climbing high: water heated. Japanese gives hot water its own word, お湯, apart from 水, and a curtain marked 湯, or simply ゆ, hangs at the door of public baths and hot springs.

Used in お湯 (oyu, hot water), 銭湯 (sentou, public bath), and 湯気 (yuge, steam)

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