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湧 means 'gush'
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ユウ
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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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 湧 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 湧 is used 17 times, read 2 ways.
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ユウ
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noun, 'suru' verb
gushing out; welling up; springing up(click the word to view an additional 1 reading and 2 forms, examples and links)
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わく
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noun
1. welling (up); gushing forth (of water); springing out; surging2. appearing (esp. suddenly)
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