涌

湧

yǒng

verb HSK 7 #8,390

Meanings

Quánshuǐ cóng dìxià yǒng chūlái.

Spring water gushes up from underground.

Rénqún yǒng xiàng chūkǒu.

The crowd surged toward the exit.

Yī gǔ nuǎnliú yǒng shàng xīntóu.

A warm feeling surged through my heart.

memory

The radical 氵(water) plus 甬 (a type of path) — water rushing through a path, surging forward.

usage

涌 can describe both physical liquids surging and figurative emotions welling up. Often used with directional complements like 涌出, 涌入, 涌上.

涌 yǒng