蒸

steam, heat, sultry, foment, get musty

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ジョウセイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

む.すむ.らすむ.れる

Stroke Order

13 / 13

Information

Grade:6

Strokes:13

JLPT:N2

Frequency:1552

Vocabulary

ジョウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
蒸気	ジョウキ	steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
蒸発	ジョウハツ	evaporation; disappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace
水蒸気	スイジョウキ	water vapour; water vapor; steam
燻蒸	クンジョウ	fumigation; smoking (out)
蒸気機関	ジョウキキカン	steam engine

セイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
蒸籠	セイロウ	bamboo steamer; steaming basket; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot; soba served on a small wickerwork tray; wickerwork tray (for serving soba)

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
蒸かす	ふかす	to steam (food)
蒸し暑い	むしあつい	humid; sultry
蒸す	むす	to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
蒸し	むし	steaming
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); to take up again; to drag up; to rehash

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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recommend, mat, advise, encourage, offer

mellow, ripen, mature, acquire skill

silence, become silent, stop speaking, leave as is

heat, temperature, fever, mania, passion

fundamentals, radical (chem), counter for machines, foundation

sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well