Memory phrase for the Kanji: 蒸


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Meaning steam, vapor, sultry

Pronunciation


musu/reru

Explanation

From top: plant , child and water , fire

Mnemonic


 
Like winding plants or splashing children, the water bubbles on the fire and it gets sultry from the steam.

Radicals

plant, grassShows two plants growing through the ground, simple variation of 艸.
fireBoth the radical renga and this radical are used for fire.
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 Vocabulary

水蒸気 すいじょうき  water vapour, steam
蒸し暑い むしあつい  humid, sultry
蒸す むす  to steam, to poultice, to be sultry
蒸気 じょうき  steam, vapour
蒸溜 じょうりゅう  distillation
蒸発 じょうはつ  evaporation, unexplained disappearance

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