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JapanLingo

finance / melt

N2
Onyomi
Stroke count
16
JLPT
N2

Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.

Memory tip

A flat illustration of a steaming bowl of food, with the kanji 融 ("finance") drawn into the picture.

Break 融 down and you get 鬲 (cooking pot) — a three-legged pot standing steady with its lid fitted on top, and beside it 虫 (insect) — a small insect with its round back. Picture a steaming bowl of food, put 融 inside it, and let that scene stand for "finance" — finance / melt. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

Stroke Order

Stroke count: 16

General writing tips

These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.

  • •Write from top to bottom.
  • •Write from left to right.
  • •Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
  • •Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
  • •In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
  • •This kanji has 16 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.

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Practice Writing

Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.

Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.

Writing Tips

  • Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
  • Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
  • Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
  • Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.

Example words

yuushi

financing

yuuzuu

accommodation

yuukai

melting

yuukaishita

plain past: did melting

yuuzuushita

plain past: did accommodation

yuukaisuru

to do melting

Example sentences (3)

ginkou kara yuushi o ukemashita.

We received financing from the bank.

jigyou no keikaku ga shikkari shite inakereba, yuushi wa mitomeraremasen.

Unless the business plan is solid, financing will not be approved.

saimu ga nokotteiru aida wa, atarashii yuushi o ukenikui desu.

While debt remains, it is hard to receive new financing.