漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
蒸: steam, heat
Also: sultry, foment, get musty
JLPT N213 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
- 艹grass(meaning)
- 烝(sound)
艹 carries the meaning · 烝 gives the sound
13 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Four readings, and the words that use each
ジョウjou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 蒸気じょうきsteam, vapor
- 蒸発するじょうはつするevaporate
- 蒸留するじょうりゅうするdistill
むすmusu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 蒸すむすsteam, be humid
- 蒸し器むしきsteamer
- 蒸し暑いむしあついhumid, sultry
むれるmureru · kun'yomi
- 蒸れるむれるbe well steamed [v.i.]
むらすmurasu · kun'yomi
- 蒸らすむらすsteam, cook by steam [v.t.]
Also read セイ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhēng
Same form: 蒸 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 蒸 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 蒸 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhēng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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