蒸

Information about character(s)

Radical: 火
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 10
Total Strokes: 13
Variants: 烝

Pronunciation

Pinyin: zhēng
Cantonese: zing1
JapaneseKun: MUSU OGARA MURASU
JapaneseOn: JOU
Korean: CUNG
Vietnamese: chưng

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: steam; evaporate

CE-Dict: to evaporate/(of cooking) to steam/torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)/finely chopped firewood (old)

Soothill: Twigs; to steam, vapour.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to steam
2.to evaporate

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: braise; braize; evaporate; steam

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: braise; braize

湘雅醫學專業詞典: parboil

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》蒸折麻中榦也。从艸烝聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】蒸
【唐韻】煑仍切，音烝。【說文】折麻中榦也。【詩·小雅】以薪以蒸。【箋】麤曰薪，細曰蒸。【周禮·天官·甸師】帥其徒以薪蒸，役外內饔之事。【疏】自然小者曰蒸也。　又衆也。【詩·大雅】天生蒸民。又地名。【吳越春秋】吳王召公孫聖，使門人提之蒸丘。　又通烝。【爾雅·釋天】冬祭曰蒸。【註】進品物也。　又【類篇】諸應切，音證。氣之上達也。【列子註】溫蒸同乎炎火，音去聲。【潘尼·苦雨賦】氣觸石而結蒸，雲膚合而仰浮。　【羣經音辨】蒸，經典蒸祭之蒸多去草，以此爲薪蒸。
考證：〔【周禮·天官·甸師】帥其徒，以薪蒸役內外饔之事。【註】自然小者曰蒸也。〕　謹照原文内外改外内。註改疏。

CF-Dict: s'évaporer/cuire à la vapeur

Han-De-Dict: dämpfen, verdampfen, verdunsten (u.E.) (V, Ess)