Hanja Analyzer
蕩

蕩 — tang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
방탕할 탕
Romanization
tang
English
pond, pool; wash away, cleanse
Mandarin
dàng
Japanese on'yomi
トウ, ドウ
Japanese kun'yomi
とろ.かす とろ.ける うご.く
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
15
Radical
艸 (140, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
湯(탕)
Unicode
U+8569

Parts that make up 蕩

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 湯 끓을 탕, 물흐를 상sound

How 蕩 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 蕩 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 湯.

Korean example words with 蕩

  • 탕녀蕩女 Korean gloss: 음탕한 여자
  • 탕심蕩心 Korean gloss: 방탕한 마음
  • 탕아蕩兒 Korean gloss: 방탕한 사나이
  • 탕자蕩子 Korean gloss: 방탕한 사나이
  • 일탕逸蕩 Korean gloss: 도를 넘어 멋대로 주색에 빠짐
  • 방탕放蕩 Korean gloss: 주색잡기에 빠져 행실이 좋지 못함
  • 탕갈蕩竭 Korean gloss: 재물이 남김없이 다 없어짐. 또는 재물을 다 없앰
  • 농탕弄蕩 Korean gloss: 남녀가 음탕한 소리와 난잡한 행동으로 놀아 대는 짓
  • 담탕하다淡蕩 Korean gloss: 맑고 화창하다
  • 탕연하다蕩然 Korean gloss: 방자한 데가 있다
  • 탕정하다蕩定 Korean gloss: 난(亂)을 평정하다
  • 탕평하다蕩平 Korean gloss: 난(亂)을 평정하다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 蕩

  • 放蕩ほうとう dissipation; prodigality; debauchery
  • 淫蕩いんとう debauchery; dissipation; lewdness
  • 遊蕩ゆうとう self-indulgent pleasure
  • 蕩尽とうじん squandering; dissipation
  • 駘蕩たいとう large and wide; peaceful and calm
  • 蕩児とうじ libertine
  • 蕩々とうとう vast; calm
  • 揺蕩ようとう shaking; swaying
  • 浩蕩こうとう vast; wide; spacious
  • 蕩けるとろける to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed
  • 遊蕩児ゆうとうじ debauched person
  • 揺蕩うたゆたう to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter

Characters sharing the phonetic 湯

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “탕” in Korean.

Other hanja read “탕”

Other hanja with radical 艸

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences