水蒸気

See also: 水蒸气 and 水蒸氣

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	蒸	気
すい Grade: 1	じょう Grade: 6	き Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
水蒸氣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 水 (sui, "water," "cold water) + 蒸気 (jōki, "steam," "vapor").

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すいじょーき [sùíjóꜜòkì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sɨiʑo̞ːkʲi]

Noun

水(すい)蒸(じょう)気(き) • (suijōki)

water vapor, water vapour; steam

See also

湯気(ゆげ) (yuge)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN