烹
boil, cook
Readings
On'yomi
- ホウ
Kun'yomi
- に.る
Meaning
烹 centers on applying heat to prepare food, especially by boiling or cooking in liquid.
Most common words using 烹
- 割烹かっぽう
cooking (esp. Japanese style); cuisine
- 割烹店かっぽうてん
(Japanese) restaurant
- 割烹料理かっぽうりょうり
Japanese cooking
- 割烹旅館かっぽうりょかん
traditional inn priding itself on its cuisine; Japanese-style restaurant with an attached inn
- 割烹着かっぽうぎ
coverall apron; cook's apron
- 烹炊ほうすい
cooking by boiling
- 烹炊所ほうすいじょ
galley; ship's kitchen
- 烹炊煙突ほうすいえんとつ
galley stovepipe
- 狡兎死して走狗烹らるこうとししてそうくにらる
when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked
Study
Etymology
烹 combines 亨 (which historically relates to offering or cooking) with 灬 (fire), suggesting cooking with fire. The exact historical development of 亨 is uncertain, but the combination clearly points to boiling or cooking.
Meaning mnemonic
The top part 亨 looks like a pot with a lid and a handle, and the bottom 灬 is fire. Picture a pot over fire, boiling food.
Reading mnemonic
For ホウ, imagine a chef shouting 'Ho!' as steam rises from the boiling pot: Ho -> ホウ, and the pot is cooking over fire.