Kanji

湧

boil, ferment, seethe, uproar, breed

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

12 strokes

Radical

水部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ユウ, ヨウ, ユ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

わく

Nanori (Name Reading)

わか, わき, わく

Example sentences

湧く わく
そのニュースを聞いて、心に勇気が湧いてきた

Hearing that news, courage welled up in my heart.

井 い
山の井から冷たい水が湧いている。

Cold water is springing from the mountain well.

湧き上がる わきあがる
スタジアム中に歓声が湧き上がった。

Cheers erupted throughout the stadium.

旺然 おうぜん
彼の中に、新しい事業への意欲が旺然として湧き上がってきた。

A vigorous motivation for a new business surged within him.

湧き出る わきでる
山の岩間から冷たい清水が湧き出ている。

Cold spring water is gushing out from between the rocks of the mountain.

澗泉 かんせん
谷底の澗泉から清らかな水が湧き出ている。

Clear spring water wells up from the valley stream.

実感が湧く じっかんがわく
優勝したという実感がようやく湧いてきた。

The feeling of having won has finally sunk in.

湧き出す わきだす
この場所からは、きれいで冷たい水が絶えず湧き出している。

Clear, cold water is constantly gushing out from this spot.

清水 しみず
山の岩の間から冷たい清水が湧き出している。

Cold spring water is gushing out from between the rocks of the mountain.

湧き水 わきみず
山の奥で見つけた湧き水は、とても冷たくて美味しかった。

The spring water I found deep in the mountains was very cold and delicious.

Example Vocabulary

湧く

わく

to gush forth; to well up; to spring up

湧き上がる

わきあがる

to boil up; to erupt; to well up (emotions)

湧き出る

わきでる

to gush out; to spring forth

実感が湧く

じっかんがわく

to feel real; to sink in

湧き出す

わきだす

to gush out; to well up; to spring forth

湧き起こる

わきおこる

湧きあがる

わきあがる

降って湧く

ふってわく

湧き水

わきみず

spring water

湧き立つ

わきたつ

to billow up; to surge up; to well up with force

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