蒸

音読おんよみ: ジョウ

訓読くんよみ: むす

画数かくすう: 13

部首ぶしゅ: 艹（くさかんむり）

Meaning

Steam / Evaporate / Vapor

  • Basic forms
  • 蒸す — to steam / base form
  • 蒸します — steam / masu form
  • 蒸した — steamed / ta form
  • 蒸して — steam and … / te form
  • 蒸さない — do not steam / negative
  • 蒸せば — if (you) steam / conditional
  • 蒸せ — steam! / imperative
  • Common expressions
  • 野菜を蒸す — steam vegetables
  • ご飯を蒸す — steam rice
  • 蒸し料理 — steamed dishes
  • More
  • 蒸される — be steamed / passive
  • 蒸している — is steaming / state

蒸す（むす） is a godan verb. It primarily means “to steam” in cooking, but it can also describe heat, humidity, or air becoming heavy and steamy. The verb is common in both everyday cooking and descriptive writing.

  • 蒸気じょうき — steam / vapor
  • 蒸発じょうはつ — evaporation / disappearance
  • 蒸留じょうりゅう — distillation
  • 蒸むし器き — steamer (cooking utensil)
  • 蒸むし暑あつい — humid / muggy

The radical 艹 (くさかんむり) often signals a plant or natural connection. Combined with 烝 (heat rising), 蒸 represents the process of steaming or evaporating. It’s strongly associated with cooking methods but also metaphorically means to vanish suddenly (蒸発).

野菜やさいを 蒸むして 健康的けんこうてきな 料理りょうりを 作りました。
I steamed vegetables and made a healthy dish.

彼かれは 突然とつぜん 蒸発じょうはつした。
He suddenly vanished (evaporated into thin air).

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Creates
  • 蒸留じょうりゅう — distillation
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