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烝

zhēng
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 numerous; the multitude (the common people)
  2. 2 to rise (of steam); archaic variant of 蒸

Examples

HSK 7-9
烝民都盼着丰收。
Zhēng mín dōu pàn zhe fēngshōu.
The teeming common people all hope for a good harvest.
HSK 7-9
热气向上烝腾。
Rèqì xiàngshàng zhēng téng.
Hot air rises upward, the old sense shared with the steam character.

Tips

history
Read zhēng, 烝 classically means numerous, hence 烝民, the teeming common people. It is also an old form of 蒸 (to steam, to rise), the fire element marking heat below.

Components

radical
灬 huǒ
fire
灬 is the fire radical 火 in bottom form. The four dots are flames beneath, giving the heat that makes steam rise upward.
phonetic
丞 chéng
to assist; to rise up
丞 sits on top and supplies the sound, shifted from chéng to zhēng. Its old sense of lifting up faintly matches the rising-steam meaning.

Stroke Order

烝 zhēng