烝

烝 · zhēng

rise, steam; many, numerous

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zhēng
Cantonese
zing1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

rise, steam; many, numerous

Dictionary definitions & readings

烝 zhēng · multitudinous; the masses; to present (to sb); to rise; to advance; to progress; archaic variant of 蒸 zhēng

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
32202.070:zhēng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1472.110:zhēng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
473.100:zhēng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zhēng粵zing1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ジョウ ショウ むす もろもろ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
증:0N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
chưng Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
煑仍 諸應 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
NEMF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1733.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0671.010 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
198.21 432.40 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0896h Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+70DD
Radical
火 · 86
Strokes
10
Residual strokes
6
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7086

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

10 strokes
烝
Strokes
10
Convention
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Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tsying · 煑仍 · 曾開三平蒸章 · #946
Middle Chinese
tsyingH · 諸應 · 曾開三去蒸章 · #3003

PHONO-ML, source line 7559; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
847.201
kCowles
268
kDaeJaweon
1080.020
kFennIndex
28.05
kGSR
0896h
kHanYu
32202.070
kIRGDaeJaweon
1080.020
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
32202.070
kIRGKangXi
0671.010
kKangXi
0671.010
kMatthews
361
kMeyerWempe
291
kMorohashi
19019
kSBGY
198.21 432.40
kSMSZD2003Index
396.04
kCangjie
NEMF
kFourCornerCode
1733.1
kMojiJoho
MJ016377
kPhonetic
1210
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGJKP
kIRG_GSource
G3-5061
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D26D
kIRG_JSource
J0-5F5F
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-EAC8
kIRG_KSource
K0-7176
kIRG_TSource
T2-3050
kIRG_VSource
V1-5E25
kRSUnicode
86.6
kTotalStrokes
10
kBigFive
D26D
kCCCII
225122
kCNS1986
2-3050
kCNS1992
2-3050
kEACC
225122
kGB3
4865
kGB8
9266
kJis0
6363
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
3532
kTGH
2013:7086
kTaiwanTelegraph
3532
kXerox
300:066
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5562+86.4.6
kCantonese
zing1
kDefinition
rise, steam; many, numerous
kFanqie
煑仍 諸應
kHangul
증:0N
kHanyuPinyin
32202.070:zhēng
kJapanese
ジョウ ショウ むす もろもろ
kJapaneseKun
MUSU MOROMORO
kJapaneseOn
JOU SHOU
kKorean
CUNG
kMandarin
zhēng
kSMSZD2003Readings
zhēng粵zing1
kTGHZ2013
473.100:zhēng
kTang
jiəng
kVietnamese
chưng
kXHC1983
1472.110:zhēng
kSemanticVariant
U+84B8<kFenn

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 烝1forms using this shape2attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
丞 above 灬 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿱丞灬$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱丞灬$(GHTJKPV)

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