dissolve, melt
融 centers on a solid turning into a fluid state: dissolving or melting. It captures the idea of something rigid becoming soft and flowing.
融 combines 鬲 (a type of ancient cooking vessel) with 虫 (insect or reptile). The original sense likely involved melting or dissolving something in a vessel, with 虫 possibly contributing a phonetic element. The exact historical development is uncertain.
Picture a bronze cooking vessel (鬲) heating up until the contents melt and flow like a wriggling insect (虫). The solid dissolves into a liquid.
For ユウ, imagine melting a cube of ice with a gentle "you" breath: you -> ユウ, and your warm breath dissolves the solid.
finance; financing; credit transacting; loaning of money; circulation of money
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
financing; loan
lending (money, commodities, etc.); finance; loan
melting; fusion
harmony; reconciliation
melting; fusion; liquefaction
melting point
melted snow; melting of snow
investment and lending
loan sharks operating from a cellphone (i.e. without a fixed phone number); 090 financing
bridge loan; relief or emergency loan
Islamic financing; financial transactions and services in accordance with Islamic law
subprime financing
consumer financing
laser nuclear fusion
real-estate financing; real-estate loan
fraudulent loans
world financial crisis (2007-2008); global financial crisis; GFC
Japan Finance Corporation for Small and Medium Enterprise