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湧 means 'gush'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 1621   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-27    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 12 words   Used in 17 words   Used in 128 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ユウ
Kun
   わく to gush, spring up, breed
Additional readings
On    ヨウ   ユ
Name    わき   わく
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With 湧, you can talk about hot springs and cool pools. You will discover a famous group of springs at the foot of Fuji and will see how marketers associate brands and products with words for "springs." You'll also encounter a wealth of figurative expressions about things that emerge (e.g., a flood of ideas) and that come out of nowhere, whether storm clouds or enemy soldiers.
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⿰  氵 (水) water  勇 brave  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 湧 is used 2 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 湧 is used 17 times, read 2 ways.
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ユウ : 5 words FIND ALL
ゆ う し ゅ つ 0
Most common form: 涌出
gushing out; welling up; springing up
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わく : 12 words FIND ALL
noun
1. welling (up); gushing forth (of water); springing out; surging
2. appearing (esp. suddenly)
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An additional one less common word includes 湧 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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湧
ユウ   わく to gush, spring up, breed   
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勇
ユウ   brave   いさむ to be brave, lively, spirited   
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男
ダン   ナン   おとこ male, man   
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力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
田
デン   た rice field   
マ
katakana 'ma'
氵
スイ   みず water   
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