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Kanji Detail for 蒸 - "steam, evaporate, cook"
蒸
- Meaning
蒸 means "steam, evaporate, cook."
Steam - Water vapor; to cook with steam.
Evaporate - To turn to vapor; to vaporize.
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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Sentences including 蒸
Japan is hot and sticky in summer.
It is less muggy today than it was yesterday.
It was a little too muggy for spring.
In hot weather , water evaporates quickly.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
実をいうと、私がそんな言葉を創造したのも、お嬢さんに対する私の感情が土台になっていたのですから、事実を蒸溜して拵えた理論などをＫの耳に吹き込むよりも、原の形そのままを彼の眼の前に露出した方が、私にはたしかに利益だったでしょう。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
実をいうと、私がそんな言葉を創造したのも、お嬢さんに対する私の感情が土台になっていたのですから、事実を蒸溜して拵えた理論などをＫの耳に吹き込むよりも、原の形そのままを彼の眼の前に露出した方が、私にはたしかに利益だったでしょう。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha