Memory phrase for the character: 蒸

蒸

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Meaning to steam (cooking), sultry, to evaporate

Pronunciation

zhēng

Explanation

From top: plant 艹, water 水 between two boundaries 二 (= a steaming pot), fire 灬

Mnemonic
 
For (cooking the) plants is this water between the boundaries, when from below the fire heats: the steam.

Radicals

艹 grass, plant
水 water
灬 fireAlso this radical 火 stands for fire.
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 Vocabulary

蒸发 zhēng fā  to evaporate; evaporation
蒸汽 zhēng qì  steam
蒸汽 zhēng qì  
蒸汽 zhēng qì  
熏蒸 xūn zhēng  to fumigate
熏蒸 xūn zhēng  

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