汤
tāng · HSK 3
soup
🍲 氵(water) + 昜 (rising sun/hot) = hot water → soup
The 氵radical marks liquids; the 昜 phonetic component originally depicted the sun rising, carrying a 'hot/bright' sense. Together: hot liquid — soup or broth. Same 昜 appears in 烫 (scalding) and 烊 (to melt).
汤 — water radical 氵 + 昜 (yáng, phonetic)
汤 is a phono-semantic compound: 氵 (water) gives the meaning and 昜 supplies the sound. It originally meant hot water or boiling water, a sense still preserved in Japanese 湯. In modern Chinese it shifted to mean soup or broth.
tāng · HSK 3
soup
🍲 汤 = water radical 氵+ 昜 (sun rising); hot liquid heated by sun-like fire
The 氵on the left marks anything liquid; 昜 on the right (sun above an altar) hints at heat and rising vapor. Together: hot water with stuff in it — soup. Sounds like 'tongue' minus the 'ue', which is what tastes it.
汤 — water radical 氵 + 昜 (yáng, phonetic)
汤 is a phono-semantic compound: 氵 (water) gives the meaning and 昜 supplies the sound. It originally meant hot water or boiling water, a sense still preserved in Japanese 湯. In modern Chinese it shifted to mean soup or broth.