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Kanji Detail for 蒸 - "steam"

蒸

  • Meaning

    蒸 means "steam." Also associated with to evaporate, many.

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

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

    3. Many - Numerous; abundant.

  • Words using 蒸

    • 蒸気 じょうき Listen steam; vapour; vapor
    • 蒸し むし Listen steaming
    • 蒸す むす Listen to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
    • 水蒸気 すいじょうき Listen water vapour; water vapor; steam
    • 蒸発 じょうはつ Listen evaporation; disappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace
    • 蒸し暑い むしあつい Listen humid; sultry
    • 蒸しパン むしパン Listen steamed bun; steamed bread

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    • Verified meaning: steam
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read じょう)
    • Also carries these associations: to evaporate, many

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 蒸

    Surnames 蒸(じょう)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

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    joh(ジョウ) ジョウ

    sei(セイ) セイ

  • Kunyomi

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    mu.rasu(む-らす) む-らす

    mu.reru(む-れる) む-れる

    musu(む-す) む-す

  • Strokes

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    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    steam evaporate many vaporize abundant boil condensation cook fog heat humid mist moisture numerous

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.

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