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蒸 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「艹」

道
5Elementary year 6 ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
On
ジョウじょう · jō
Kun
む(す)・む(れる)mu(su) · mu(reru)
Meaning
to steam; sultry

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

艹 "grass" with a form of vapour rising over fire; making moisture rise with heat — hence "to steam."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onジョウじょうjō蒸気じょうき蒸発じょうはつ
Kunむすmusu蒸すふかす蒸し暑いむしあつい
Kunむれるmureru蒸れるむれる
Kunむらすmurasu蒸らすむらす

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蒸気じょうき

    steam; vapour

  • 蒸発じょうはつ

    evaporation

More words with this kanji

  • 蒸餾じょうりゅう
  • 蒸留じょうりゅう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

野菜(やさい)を蒸(む)して食(た)べた。

I steamed the vegetables and ate them.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

蒸気蒸発蒸気spirit発depart若young著to wri…蔵storeh…艾mugwor…芝turf上up丈length冗superf…仍theref…仗arms
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 艹Map of reading ジョウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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