| 915 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 904 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1721 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4002 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 950 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 872 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1981 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 943 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 973 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 802 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 665 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2936 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1508 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2043 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1920 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 31618P | Morohashi |
| 2334 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5163 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1900 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2049 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 961 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1552 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 蒸気 【ジョウキ】 steam, vapour, vapor, steamboat, steam locomotive
- 蒸発 【ジョウハツ】 evaporation, disappearance (of a person), vanishing without a trace
- 燻蒸 【クンジョウ】 fumigation, smoking (out)
- 蒸籠 【セイロ】 bamboo steamer, steaming basket, wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot, soba served on a small wickerwork tray, wickerwork tray (for serving soba)
- せいろ蒸し 【セイロムシ】 steaming (of food) using a bamboo steamer
Kun reading compounds
- 蒸す 【むす】 to steam (food, towel, etc.), to be hot and humid, to be sultry
- 蒸れる 【むれる】 to be steamed (properly, e.g. rice), to be stuffy, to grow musty, to get close, to become sweaty, to feel sticky, to moulder
- 蒸らす 【むらす】 to cook by steam
Readings
- Korean:
- jeung
Spanish
- vapor
- echar vapor
- cocinar al vapor
Portuguese
- vapor
- calor
- quente
- compressas
- ficar mofado
French
- cuire à la vapeur
- chauffer
- torride
- fomenter
- renfermé
| 1940 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k9.19 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 2-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 4433.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 84b8 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
1761 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 釜山 【プサン】 Busan (South Korea), Pusan
- 釜中の魚 【フチュウノウオ】 fish in a pot about to be boiled, person who is blissfully unaware of deadly danger
Kun reading compounds
- 釜 【かま】 iron pot, kettle
- 釜揚げうどん 【かまあげうどん】 straight-from-the-pot udon, udon noodles pulled straight from the pot and served in the hot water used for boiling (traditionally without being soaked in cold water), eaten by dipping in sauce
- お釜 【おかま】 pot, (volcanic) crater, buttocks, effeminate gay man, male transvestite, (preoperative) transgender woman, (gay) male prostitute
- 一つ釜 【ひとつかま】 one or the same pot, eating or living together
Readings
- Korean:
- bu
Spanish
- caldero
- cacerola
- olla
Portuguese
French
| 1621 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2834 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1160 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1131 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2610 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1808 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 40164 | Morohashi |
| 2107 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6215 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2332 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1367 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 2o8.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-8 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-6 | SKIP code |
| 8010.9 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 91dc | Unicode hex code |