蒸

蒸 U+84B8, 蒸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84B8
← 蒷
[U+84B7] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蒹 →
[U+84B9]

Translingual

Han character

蒸 (radical 140, 艸+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓水火 (TNEF), four-corner 44331, composition ⿱艹烝)

Derived characters

  • 𡽮, 𩟘, 𬵴

References

  • KangXi: page 1050, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31618
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1511, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3273, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+84B8

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 蒸

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (丞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蒸 *kljɯŋ
烝 *kljɯŋ, *kljɯŋs
篜 *klɯŋ
脀 *kljɯŋ
拯 *kljɯŋʔ
氶 *kljɯŋʔ
承 *ɡljɯŋ
丞 *ɡljɯŋ, *ɡljɯŋs
巹 *klɯnʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蒸
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 蒸 (133)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 煑仍切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡ɕɨŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡ɕɨŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡ɕieŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ciŋ/
Li
Rong		 /t͡ɕiəŋ/
Wang
Li		 /t͡ɕĭəŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡ɕi̯əŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhēng
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蒸
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zhēng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsying ›
Old
Chinese		 /*təŋ/
English twigs as firewood

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蒸
Reading # 1/1
No. 1406
Phonetic
component		 丞
Rime
group		 蒸
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 蒸
Old
Chinese		 /*kljɯŋ/

Definitions

蒸

  1. to evaporate
  2. (cooking) to steam
    蒸餃 / 蒸饺  ―  zhēngjiǎo  ―  steamed dumplings
  3. (historical) torch made of hemp stalks or bamboo and wood in ancient times
    蒸燭 / 蒸烛  ―  zhēngzhú  ―  ancient torch made of hemp stalks or bamboo
  4. small pieces of firewood

See also

Compounds

  • 蒸餾器／蒸馏器
  • 蒸餾水／蒸馏水 (zhēngliúshuǐ)
  • 蒸餾法／蒸馏法
  • 蒸餾瓶／蒸馏瓶
  • 蒸餾酒／蒸馏酒
  • 蒸騰／蒸腾 (zhēngténg)
  • 蒸骨驗屍／蒸骨验尸
  • 薰蒸
  • 雲蒸霞蔚／云蒸霞蔚
  • 風興雲蒸／风兴云蒸
  • 風起雲蒸／风起云蒸
  • 風靡雲蒸／风靡云蒸
  • 飽和蒸汽／饱和蒸汽
  • 骨蒸
  • 骨蒸癆／骨蒸痨
  • 鬱蒸／郁蒸

Japanese

Kanji

蒸

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. steam; vapor
  2. steamy; sultry
  3. numerous; various, varied

Readings

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

蒸 • (jeung) (hangeul 증, revised jeung, McCune–Reischauer chŭng, Yale cung)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蒸 (chưng, chừng)

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