蒸 = 丞 + 灬 + 艹

蒸 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “steam”. It is built from 丞 (helping hand), 灬 (fire radical) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2049.

Keyword: steam
RTK frame: 2049
Strokes: 13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ジョウ, セイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): む.す, む.れる, む.らす
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: пар
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 蒸 steam

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

How to find 蒸 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “helping hand” + “fire radical” + “mugwort”. 蒸 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 蒸 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.