Kanji
N2 13 strokes Grade 6 freq #1552

steam, heat, sultry, foment, get musty

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

grass kusa

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

steam; vapour
water vapour; water vapor
evaporation
steam engine
fumigation; smoking (out)

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to steam (food, towel, etc.)
steaming
humid; sultry
to reheat; to steam over
to steam (food)
steamed bun; steamed bread

Example sentences

Heat turns water into steam.

This ship is driven by steam.

Water turns into steam when it is boiled.

A cloud is a mass of vapor.