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Kanji Detail for 蒸 - "steam, evaporate, cook"

  • Meaning

    蒸 means "steam, evaporate, cook."

    1. Steam - Water vapor; to cook with steam.

    2. Evaporate - To turn to vapor; to vaporize.

    3. Many - Numerous; abundant.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    steam; heat; sultry; foment; get musty

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    steam; evaporate

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old); finely chopped firewood (old)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    steam, vapor; to evaporate

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Numerous. 蒸民 (the masses). Refers to the common people. Appears in the Book of Odes. | Hot vapor rising. Such as 鬱蒸 (sultry), 炎蒸 (scorching). Commonly cooking food over water is also called 蒸 (steaming). | The meaning of upward. Such as saying 蒸蒸日上 (rising day by day). | The winter sacrifice is called 蒸. - Except for the meaning of numerous, all are interchangeable with 烝.
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