1. 熏
  2. 蒸

熏

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  • 2991st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 24 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
熏→
No glyph available灬
2Radical
熏→
㇒N/A十ten口mouth丨line丷eight/divide土earth灬fire
3Graphical
熏→
㇒一丨口丨丷一丨一灬

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xūn (xun1)to smoke • to fumigate • to assail the nostrils • to perfume
2. xūn (xun1)fragrance • warm • to educate • variant of 熏[xun1] • to smoke • to fumigate

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 熏 xūn (xun1)The component 丨 is pronounced as 'gǔn' (gun3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 熏 xūn (xun1)The component 丷 is pronounced as 'xx5' (xx5). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

熏 also appears in:
薰醺獯曛纁臐矄

Example Words

Common

烟熏 (煙燻)
熏陶 (薰陶)

Uncommon

烟熏妆 (煙熏妝)
烟熏火燎 (煙燻火燎)
熏制 
熏烤 
熏香 
熏肉 (燻肉)
熏蒸 (燻蒸)
臭气熏天 (臭氣熏天)
香熏 (香燻)

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蒸

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  • 2353rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 26 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
蒸→
艹烝
2Radical
蒸→
艹grass㇖N/A水water一one灬fire
3Graphical
蒸→
艹㇖亅㇇冫一灬

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhēng (zheng1)to evaporate • (of cooking) to steam • torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) • finely chopped firewood (old)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 蒸 zhēng (zheng1)The component 烝 is pronounced as 'zhēng' (zheng1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

清蒸 
蒸发 (蒸發)

Uncommon

蒸气 (蒸氣)
蒸汽 
蒸笼 (蒸籠)
蒸糕 
蒸锅 (蒸鍋)
蒸饺 (蒸餃)
蒸馏 (蒸餾)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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