融 means “melt, blend, finance”

ゆう · yuu

Also: dissolve

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

とける, とかす

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ユウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 16 strokes

The story

A three-legged cauldron (鬲) with steam curling up like a worm (虫): the oldest dictionary says 融 is steam rising from a boiling pot. What melts flows freely: 金融 is finance, money in motion, 融資 a loan, and 融通 the flexibility to bend.

Used in 金融 (kin'yuu, finance), 融資 (yuushi, loan/financing), and 融合 (yuugou, fusion)

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