Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 蒸


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Meaning

steam, vapour, sultry

Pronunciation


musu/reru

Explanation

From top: plant , child and water , fire

Mnemonic

Like winding plants or splashing children, the water bubbles on the fire and it gets sultry from the steam.

Radicals

plant, grass(Shows two plants growing through the ground, simple variation of 艸.)
fire(Both the radical renga and this radical are used for fire.)
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Vocabulary

水蒸気 すいじょうき water vapour, steam
蒸し暑い むしあつい humid/sultry
蒸す むす to steam/to poultice/to be sultry
蒸気 じょうき steam/vapour
蒸溜 じょうりゅう distillation
蒸発 じょうはつ evaporation/unexplained disappearance

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