馏 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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liù, liú

distill

Distilled 留 wine 饣; 留 also provides the pronunciation

Components

饣 Meaning component

shí

eat

liú

to stay

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

liù

distill, distillation; to steam; to cook in a steamer; to reheat cold food by steaming it

liú

to distill; to break a liquid substance up into components by boiling

Most common words with 馏

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	蒸馏	to distill
	蒸馏水	distilled water
	馏	to steam
	馏分	fraction (of a distillate)
	蒸馏器	still (i.e. distilling apparatus)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4700th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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