溶く

• 読み: とく
• ローマ字: toku
• 漢字の分解: 溶 (you/to) — dissolve, melt
• 発音: /to.kɯ/

意味

To dissolve; to melt; to mix (powder or paint) into a liquid.

A Group 1 (godan) transitive verb conjugated with the く row (溶かない, 溶きます). Used specifically for dissolving or mixing a solid substance into liquid: 卵を溶く (beat/whisk eggs), 絵の具を溶く (dissolve paint), 粉を水で溶く (dissolve powder in water). Different from 溶ける (intransitive, to melt) and 溶かす (to melt something). Primarily a cooking and art term.

例文

1. 卵を溶いてフライパンに入れた。
2. 絵の具を水で溶いてから塗ってください。
3. 片栗粉を水で溶いてスープに加えた。

使い方ガイド

場面: cooking, art, chemistry

トーン: practical

起源と歴史

The kanji 溶 combines 氵 (water radical) and 容 (to contain/accommodate), suggesting something being absorbed into or accommodated by a liquid.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal