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蒸

zhēng

steam, vapor; to evaporate

💡 Ideographic: Steam 烝 provides the meaning and sound

HSK 6 13 strokes Common (24%)

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Component Breakdown

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艹

cǎo

grass, weed, plant, herb

烝

zhēng

to rise; steam; many, numerous

⿱艹烝 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

cǎo

艹

grass, weed, plant, herb

📷 Pictographic: Simplified form of 艸; grass sprouting

3 strokes

zhēng

烝

to rise; steam; many, numerous

💡 Ideographic: Boiling 灬 water 氶

10 strokes

chéng

丞

to aid, to assist, to rescue

🔤 Pictophonetic: 一 (one) provides meaning, 氶 provides pronunciation

6 strokes

zhěng

氶

name of a river in Shandong

🔤 Pictophonetic: water

5 strokes

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

1 strokes

shuǐ

水

water, liquid, lotion, juice

📷 Pictographic: A river running between two banks; compare 川

4 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

huǒ

灬

fire

4 strokes

Words Using 蒸 (32)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

蒸发 ↗

zhēngfā

to evaporate / evaporation

zhēngfā

蒸发 ↗

HSK 6

to evaporate / evaporation

蒸 ↗

zhēng

to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old)

zhēng

蒸 ↗

to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old)

steam reforming (chemistry)

zhēngqìchóngzhěng

蒸气重整 ↗

steam reforming (chemistry)

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