The kanji 浴 primarily conveys the meaning of "to bathe," "to immerse," "to soak," or "to be exposed to." It relates to the act of washing or cleansing the body in water, or metaphorically, being subjected to something like sunlight or a strong emotion.

・On-yomi (音読み): ヨク (yoku) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): あ（び）る (a(bi)ru) - to bathe, to shower; あ（び）せる (a(bi)seru) - to bathe someone, to shower someone

⚫︎入浴（にゅうよく） Translation: bathing; taking a bath ⚫︎水浴（すいよく） Translation: bathing in water; swimming ⚫︎日光浴（にっこうよく） Translation: sunbathing

The kanji 浴 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字). The left side is a water radical 氵（さんずい）, which provides the semantic component, indicating the meaning relates to water or liquids. The right side is 谷（こく）, which provides the phonetic component, suggesting the pronunciation "yoku". The original meaning of 谷 is a valley, which may have been associated with water collection. The combination of the water radical and the phonetic component creates the meaning related to bathing in water.