煮
boil, cook
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
20 of 109- 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
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.