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蒸

Level XI of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 1346 / 2,608

Steam

On’yomi
じょう
Kun’yomi
む
Radical
火 Fire (Kangxi 86)

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 烈 (Violent), less common than 賛 (Agree).

Grass on top covers water in the middle with fire below -- grass over water heated by fire creates billowing steam.

In words

蒸す むす to steam,to poultice,to be sultryN2
蒸発 じょうはつ evaporation,unexplained disappearanceN2
蒸気 じょうき steam,vapourN2

蒸 is rank 1346 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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