Onyomi: ジョウ, セイ · Kunyomi: む.す, む.らす, む.れる · Meanings: foment, get musty, heat, steam, sultry
Kanji for foment, get musty, heat, steam, sultry
Fast lookup with examples and clean stroke-order visualization.
Experience 蒸 in 3D! View the complete 3D Kanji model to understand its shape and stroke depth from every angle. Click the button below to see 蒸 in 3D and explore how each stroke forms this character.
Please support us by sharing!
蒸 is formed with the grass/plant radical 艹 on the top and the character 烝 on the bottom. 艹 represents plants or things related to vegetation, while 烝 carries the idea of rising heat and moisture. Together, they show heat and moisture rising upward, like vapor. From this structure, 蒸 came to mean steam, vapor, or to steam something.
蒸 shows heat and moisture rising upward, meaning steam or vapor.
Think of heat causing moisture to rise upward as vapor. The top part (艹) sits above, while the bottom shows rising heat. That rising warm vapor is 蒸.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 蒸気 | じょうき | steam, vapour, vapor | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 蒸発 | じょうはつ | evaporation | common JLPT-N2 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 蒸し暑い | むしあつい | humid, sultry | common JLPT-N2 I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 蒸留 | じょうりゅう | distillation | JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 蒸気機関 | じょうききかん | steam engine | Noun |
| 蒸し返す | むしかえす | to reheat, to steam over | Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 蒸気機関車 | じょうききかんしゃ | steam locomotive | Noun |
| 蒸留酒 | じょうりゅうしゅ | distilled liquor, spirits | Noun |
| 蒸す | むす | to steam (food, towel, etc.) | common JLPT-N2 Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 蒸し蒸し | むしむし | hot and humid, muggy, sultry | Adverb (fukushi), Adverb taking the 'to' particle, Suru verb |
| 蒸し | むし | steaming | common Noun, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 蒸かす | ふかす | to steam (food) | common Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 蒸し器 | むしき | steamer, steam cooker | Noun |
| 蒸発熱 | じょうはつねつ | evaporation heat | Noun |
| 蒸発岩 | じょうはつがん | evaporite | Noun |