蒸 zhēng to steam; to evaporate
Made up of [灬 huǒ fire (as radical) radical 86, 艹 cǎo grass; herb radical 140]Made with 13 strokes.
Combines fire with the phonetic for 'zheng' meaning rise above it
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Also uses 灬 huǒ component: 炒 chǎo (to sauté) 点 diǎn (spot) ; 黑 hēi (black) ; 照 zhào (according to) ; 煮 zhǔ (to cook)
Also uses 艹 cǎo component: 菜 cài (vegetable) 草 cǎo (grass) ; 茶 chá (tea) ; 懂 dǒng (to understand) ; 花 huā (flower) ; 节 jié (joint) ; 苦 kǔ (bitter) ; 蓝 lán (blue) ; 劳 láo (to toil) ; 满 mǎn (to fill) ; 猫 māo (cat) ; 蒙 měng (Mongol) ; 莫 mò (do not) ; 苹 píng (apple) ; 葡 pú (grape) ; 前 qián (front) ; 若 ruò (to seem) ; 苏 sū (revive) ; 萄 táo (grapes) ; 药 yào (medicine) ; 艺 yì (skill) ; 英 yīng (flower) ; 藏 zàng (treasury)
Sounds same
征 zhēng (journey)Different tone
正 zhèng (correct)Pronunciation
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