Zheng is pronounced as zhēng.
The character "vapor" is a pictophonetic character. This character first appeared in Xiaozhuan characters in "Shuowen". In the Xiaozhuan characters in "Shuowen", the character "Zheng" has a more grass-like shape and is messy. By the time of the Han Dynasty, the upper structure of the character "Zheng" became the character "艹", and the lower structure also became more regular.
In regular script, the two parts of the upper structure of the character "点" are separated from the middle of the character "艹", while the lower structure is the same as that of modern Chinese. After regular script, there were no big changes until it developed into modern Chinese.
The word "Zheng" is composed of the word "艹" and "烝". The glyph uses the character "艹" (草) as the form side, and the character "烝" as the tone side. The character "艹" has the meaning of small firewood, and can also be extended to refer to the hemp pole. In regular script, the character "艹" is broken, so the character "缹" has the original meaning of breaking the hemp pole from the middle.
Because the word "vapor" has an extended meaning of heat rising upwards, the phrases related to the word "vapor" in modern Chinese include transpiration, evaporation, etc.
"Tang Yun" still has cut sounds. steam. "Shuowen": When folding hemp, it is dry. "Poetry·Xiaoya": Use salary to make steam. Note: The coarse one is called salary, the fine one is steamed. "The Rites of Zhou·Tianguan·Dianshi": To command his disciples and use them to earn money, to serve outside and to make ends meet at home. Shu: Naturally small ones are called steamed ones.
There are many people. "Poetry·Daya": Born to thrive among the people.
Also a place name. "Wuyue Spring and Autumn": The king of Wu summoned Gongsun Sheng and asked his disciples to mention Zhengqiu.
And Tonghao. "Erya·Shitian": The winter festival is called steaming. Note: Imported items are also included.
Also "Lei Pian" Zhu Yingqie. Sound certificate. Qi reaches the upper reaches. Note from Liezi: Warm steam is the same as burning fire. The sound disappears. Penny's "Ode to Bitter Rain": The air touches the stone and condenses and steams, and the cloud skin merges and floats upward. "Qun Jing Yin Bian": steaming, the classic steaming ritual steaming removes more grass and uses this as fuel for steaming.
Textual research: "Zhou Li·Tianguan·Dianshi" commanded his disciples and used his salary to serve both internal and external affairs. Note: Naturally small ones are called steamed ones. I would like to change the outside and inside according to the original text. Note: Correction.
Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Zheng