Hanja Analyzer
蒸

蒸 — jeung

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
찔 증
Romanization
jeung
English
steam; evaporate
Mandarin
zhēng
Japanese on'yomi
ジョウ, ショウ
Japanese kun'yomi
む.す む.れる む.らす
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#1,552 of 2,500
Strokes
13
Radical
火 (86, 10 residual)
Unicode
U+84B8

Parts that make up 蒸

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 烝 찔/뭇 증

How 蒸 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 蒸 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 烝.

Korean example words with 蒸

  • 훈증燻蒸 Korean gloss: 더운 연기를 쐬거나 그것에 찜
  • 증기蒸氣 Korean gloss: 물이 열을 받아서 기체 상태로 된 것
  • 한증汗蒸 Korean gloss: 물리 요법의 하나로, 높은 온도로 몸을 덥게 하여 땀을 내어서 병을 다스리는 일
  • 훈증하다薰蒸 Korean gloss: 찌는 듯이 무덥다
  • 증제되다蒸製 Korean gloss: 증기의 열로 쪄져서 만들어지다
  • 증제차蒸製茶 Korean gloss: 찻잎을 쪄서 만든 녹차
  • 증기선蒸氣船 Korean gloss: 증기 기관으로 움직이는 배
  • 증기력蒸氣力 Korean gloss: 증기의 힘. 또는 증기 기관의 출력
  • 수증기水蒸氣 Korean gloss: 물이 열을 받아서 기체 상태로 된 것
  • 한증탕汗蒸湯 Korean gloss: 한증을 하기 위하여 목욕탕처럼 만든 시설
  • 증발성蒸發性 Korean gloss: 어떤 물질이 액체 상태에서 기체 상태로 변하는 성질
  • 유증기油蒸氣 Korean gloss: 기름이 기화(氣化)하여 증기가 된 것. 또는 그 증기

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 蒸

  • 蒸気じょうき steam; vapour; vapor
  • 蒸すむす to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
  • 水蒸気すいじょうき water vapour; water vapor; steam
  • 蒸しむし steaming
  • 蒸発じょうはつ evaporation; disappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace
  • 蒸気機関じょうききかん steam engine
  • 蒸し暑いむしあつい humid; sultry
  • 蒸し返すむしかえす to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with)
  • 燻蒸くんじょう fumigation; smoking (out)
  • 蒸かすふかす to steam (food)
  • 蒸しパンむしパン steamed bun; steamed bread
  • 蒸散じょうさん transpiration

Other hanja read “증”

Other hanja with radical 火

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