Memory phrase for the character: 蒸

蒸

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Meaning

steam, vapor, sultry

Pronunciation

JŌ
musu/reru

Explanation

 Image of a seiro (蒸篭), a basket for steaming food, made from a plant 艹 (e.g. wood or bamboo chips), with fire 灬 from below and water 水 within the two levels 二

Mnemonic
 
In the steaming basket is steam.

Radicals

艹 plant, grassShows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
水 waterThe radical mizu stands for water. It is commonly used in its short form 氵.
二 two
灬 fireBoth the radicals renga 灬 and hi 火 are used for fire.




 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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