馏(liú)

13 strokesTrad. 餾
Readingsliúliù

to distill

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Character information

Pinyin
liú / liù
Meaning
to distill; to break a liquid substance up into components by boiling
Strokes
13
HSK level
—
Traditional
餾

Origin & structure

Where 馏 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰饣留

Distilled 留 wine 饣; 留 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

饣shí留liú

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form 餾: Distilled 留 wine 飠; 留 also provides the pronunciation

How to write 馏 step by step

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Words with 馏

Common words using 馏 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

gān干liú馏

to carbonize; dry distillation; carbonization

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fēn分liú馏

fractional distillation

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zhí直liú馏

direct distillation

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zhēng蒸liú馏

to distill

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liú馏fēn分

fraction (of a distillate)

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zhēng蒸liú馏shuǐ水

distilled water

Open 蒸馏水 page →
zhēng蒸liú馏jiǔ酒

distilled liquor

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Related characters

From 馏’s common words

干分直蒸水酒

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