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zhēng(zheng1) // pronunciation of 蒸 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 蒸

Unihan definition: steam; evaporate

Number of strokes: 13
Examples of other characters consisting of 13 strokes: , , , , , , , , ,

Radical:  140.10

HSK level: 6
Other HSK 6 characters: , , , , , , , , , more hsk 6 charaters »

Frequency rank: 2358

General standard index number: 2860

Examples of words containing this character: 清蒸, 熏蒸, 蒸散, 蒸气, 蒸汽, 蒸湘, 蒸发, 蒸笼, 蒸糕, 蒸锅, 蒸饺, 蒸馏, 蒸腾, 水蒸气, 熏蒸剂, 蒸汽机, 蒸湘区, 蒸发热, 蒸馏器, 蒸馏水, 蒸馏酒, 人间蒸发, 蒸气重整, 蒸汽机车, 蒸发空调

English translation (based on CEDICT):

蒸[zhēng]:
- to evaporate
- (of cooking) to steam
- torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
- finely chopped firewood (old)

Details

Unicode code point: U+84B8

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