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煮

煮 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「火」+音符「者」。「にえる」「にる」を意味する漢語｛煮｝を表す字。「䰞」の意符を交換した異体字である。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

boil, cook

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シャHS
Kun (native)
  • に(る)JHS
  • 〜に
  • に(える)JHS
  • に(やす)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音zhu3
  • 한글ja
  • Hán-ViệtChử

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
火(ひ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+716E

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱者灬

Words using this kanji

  • 煮るにるto boil, to simmer, to stew, to seethe
  • 煮物にもの「にもの」参照。nimono, food cooked by boiling or stewing
  • 煮やすにやすto cook inside
  • 煮込むにこむto boil well, to stew, to simmer (for a long time), to cook (various ingredients) together
  • 煮詰めるにつめるto boil down, to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.), to reach a conclusion, to conclude a discussion
  • 煮えるにえるto be boiled, to be cooked
  • 煮込みにこみstew, hodgepodge
  • 煮詰まるにつまるto be boiled down, to come to a standstill, to reach an impasse, to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
  • 煮汁にじるbroth
  • 煮え切らないにえきらないhalf-cooked, vague, halfhearted, indecisive
  • 煮干にぼし(small crunchy) dried sardines
  • 煮立つにたつto boil, to simmer
  • 煮にsimmered with, cooked with, boiling, boiled dish
  • 煮豆にまめsimmered beans
  • 煮沸しゃふつ水などを火にかけて、沸騰させること。boiling up
  • 煮方にかたway of cooking, a cook
  • 煮魚にざかなfish simmered with soy sauce (and sugar)
  • 煮端にばなfreshly brewed, aromatic tea
  • 煮麺にゅうめんsoup of sōmen noodles and various ingredients in a soy sauce broth
  • 煮合にあいstew made from multiple ingredients

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-8-4
Four Corner
4433.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4d8.9
Heisig
1346
Nelson
2771