蒸
steam; heat; sultry; foment; get musty
13 strokes. Taught in grade 6. Newspaper frequency rank 1552.
Readings
- ジョウ (on reading): 蒸気 (じょうき) steam; 蒸気機関車 (じょうききかんしゃ) steam locomotive
- むす (kun reading): 蒸し暑い (むしあつい) humid; 蒸し (むし) steaming
- むれる (kun reading): 蒸れる (むれる) to be steamed (properly, e.g. rice)
- むらす (kun reading): 蒸らす (むらす) to cook by steam; 飯を蒸らす (めしをむらす) to let cooked rice steam after turning off the heat
- セイ (on reading): せいろ蒸し (せいろむし) steaming (of food) using a bamboo steamer
Components
- 艹
- 烝
- ノ radical slash, katakana no
- 一 radical one
- 亅 radical hook
- ⺾ radical grass, top form of 艸
- ⺣ radical fire, bottom form of 火
Words using 蒸
- 蒸気 (じょうき) steam
- 蒸気機関車 (じょうききかんしゃ) steam locomotive
- 蒸発 (じょうはつ) evaporation
- 蒸気船 (じょうきせん) steamship
- 蒸留 (じょうりゅう) distillation
- 蒸し暑い (むしあつい) humid
- 蒸し (むし) steaming
- 蒸し蒸し (むしむし) hot and humid
- 酒蒸し (さかむし) seafood seasoned with salt and sake then steamed
- 茶碗蒸し (ちゃわんむし) chawanmushi
- 蒸れる (むれる) to be steamed (properly, e.g. rice)
- 蒸らす (むらす) to cook by steam
- 飯を蒸らす (めしをむらす) to let cooked rice steam after turning off the heat
- せいろ蒸し (せいろむし) steaming (of food) using a bamboo steamer
- 蒸ける (ふける) to become ready to eat (as a result of steaming)
- 蒸籠 (チョンロン) Chinese bamboo steamer
- 汗蒸幕 (ハンジュマク) hanjeungmak
93 words in all.