steam

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph depicting vapor, breath, or odor rising upward. In oracle-bone and ancient seal scripts, it was drawn as flowing or wavy strokes to represent the movement and diffusion of gaseous matter.

Mnemonic: Remember the steam radical as wavy wisps of vapor curling upward into the air.

• 氪kè🔊

  krypton (chemistry)

  11 strokes

• 氢qīng🔊

  hydrogen (chemistry)

  11 strokes

• 氮dàn🔊

  nitrogen (chemistry)

  12 strokes

• 氯lǜ🔊

  chlorine (chemistry)

  12 strokes

• 氩yà🔊

  argon (chemistry)

  12 strokes

• 氰qíng🔊

  cyanogen (CN)2

  12 strokes

• 氲yūn🔊

  used in 氤氳|氤氲[yin1 yun1]

  13 strokes

• 鿫ào🔊

  oganesson (chemistry)

  16 strokes