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Kotomora

煮

boil, cook

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes12

Readings

On'yomi

  • シャ

Kun'yomi

  • に.る
  • -に
  • に.える
  • に.やす

Meaning

煮 centers on cooking food by boiling it in liquid, typically water or broth. It covers the act of boiling and the resulting cooked state.

Most common words using 煮

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  • 煮るにる
    N3

    to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe

  • 煮込みにこみ

    stew; hodgepodge

  • 煮物にもの

    nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing

  • 煮干にぼし

    (small crunchy) dried sardines

  • 佃煮つくだに

    preserved food boiled in sweetened soy sauce

  • 芋煮いもに

    imoni (taro and meat soup)

  • 煮詰めにつめ

    sweet eel sauce (brushed on a sushi topping)

  • 雑煮ぞうに
    N1

    soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)

  • 煮付けにつけ

    vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce

  • 煮込むにこむ
    N1

    to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time)

  • 煮えるにえる
    N2

    to be boiled; to be cooked

  • 煮汁にじる

    broth

  • 煮沸しゃふつ

    boiling up

  • ごった煮ごったに

    various foods cooked together; hodgepodge; hotchpotch; mulligan stew

  • 煮詰めるにつめる
    N1

    to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.)

  • 煮え湯にえゆ

    boiling water

  • 甘露煮かんろに

    candied (chestnuts)

  • 煮豆にまめ

    cooked beans

  • 煮炊きにたき

    cooking

  • 煮えたぎるにえたぎる

    to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil

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Study

Etymology

煮 combines 者 (which likely contributes the sound) with 灬 (fire), suggesting cooking with fire. The modern form keeps this phono-semantic structure clearly.

Meaning mnemonic

The top 者 looks like a person stirring a pot, and the bottom 灬 is the fire underneath. Together they show someone boiling food over a fire.

Reading mnemonic

For シャ, imagine a chef boiling a pot of stew and saying 'Shall we add more salt?' — 'Shall' cues シャ while the pot boils.