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Japanese symbol for “melting”

Romaji: youyuu
melting; fusion

In Japanese, melting is , read (youyuu).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. n, vi, vs melting; fusion

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

melt, dissolve, thaw
on: ヨウ
kun: と.ける、と.かす、と.く
13 strokes · JLPT 2
dissolve, melt
on: ユウ
kun: と.ける、と.かす
16 strokes · JLPT 1

Other Japanese words for “melting”

WordReadingMeaning
ようかい youkaimelting; liquefying; fusion
ゆうかい yuukaimelting; fusion; liquefaction
や yamelting
ようか youkamelting; smelting
ひょうかい hyoukaimelting (of ice)

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
とかす tokasuto melt; to liquefy; to thaw
ようかい youkaidissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical)
ようがん youganlava
ようせつ yousetsuwelding
ようえき youekisolution (liquid)
ようこうろ youkourosmelting furnace; blast furnace
きんゆう kin'yuufinance; financing; credit transacting
ゆうし yuushifinancing; loan

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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