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Kanji Detail for 煮 - "to boil, to cook, to simmer"

煮

  • Meaning

    煮 means "to boil, to cook, to simmer."

    1. Boil - To cook in water at high temperature.

    2. Simmer - To heat gently in liquid.

    3. Cook - To prepare food by heating in water.

  • Words using 煮

    • 煮物 にもの Listen nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
    • 煮込む にこむ Listen to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time)
    • 雑煮 ぞうに Listen soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
    • 煮詰める につめる Listen to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion
    • 煮える にえる Listen to be boiled; to be cooked

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    • Verified meaning: to boil, to cook, to simmer
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    boil; cook

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cook

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 煮[zhu3]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to boil, to cook

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To boil.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sha(シャ) シャ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ni(に) に

    ni.ru(に-る) に-る

    ni.yasu(に-やす) に-やす

    nieru(に-える) に-える

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    火 灬 (hi・hihen・rekka・renga)

  • Related Keywords

    to boil to cook simmer stew brew heat braise poach steam

Sentences including 煮

  • Cook the rice.

  • Reduce to pulp by boiling.

  • The meat is only half cooked.

  • Tom is boiling an egg.

  • I'll boil you the beans.

  • Money will make the pot boil.

  • The milk boiled over.

  • It is boiled just enough.

  • Boil the milk bottles.

  • Boil the milk bottles.

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