U+6C64 "汤" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+6C64 "汤" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "soup" or "hot water," and it is also used as a surname. In Traditional Chinese it is written as "湯," while in Simplified Chinese it takes the form "汤." The character is composed of the water radical 氵 on the left and the phonetic component 昜 on the right, reflecting its relation to liquids and heat. Beyond its literal meaning, "汤" appears in various compound words such as "药汤" (decoction of medicinal herbs) and "汤圆" (glutinous rice dumplings served in soup), and it carries cultural significance in Chinese cuisine and traditional medicine.