# 浴 bathe

(waterleft) + 谷 (valley/Swamp Thing radical)
★★★☆☆
10 strokes

## Onyomi

## Mnemonic

| I bathe in the water in the valley.

## Kunyomi

あ*びる | bathe ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

浴衣(ゆかた) | yukata ； a summer kimono ☆☆☆☆☆ FP 1/2 KANA 浴 (bathe) + 衣 (cloth) = 浴衣 (yukata ； a summer kimono)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
浴 | bathe | PEAKED ROOF |
沿 | run parallel to | NO ROOF |

So you bathe under a PEAKED ROOF for privacy.

Outdoors (i.e. where there is NO ROOF), you run parallel to the river.

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
容 | appearance | SWAMP THING | 谷
溶 | melt | WATER | 水
浴 | bathe | NO CROWN |

SWAMP THING uses a crown to change his appearance.

If you melt something it takes on the appearance of WATER.

you TAKE OFF YOUR CROWN to bathe.