煮 — Chinese character
煮
zhǔ
to boil, to cook
- Pinyin
- zhǔ
- Radical
- 86 ⽕ (Fire)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 者 灬
- Formation
- pictophonetic — fire; meaning component 灬; sound component 者
- Japanese
- 煮 as a kanji
Common words with 煮
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 煮饭 (煮飯) | zhǔ fàn | to cook |
| 煮熟 | zhǔ shóu | to boil thoroughly; to cook thoroughly |
| 煮沸 | zhǔ fèi | to boil |
| 烹煮 | pēng zhǔ | to cook; to boil |
| 炖煮 (燉煮) | dùn zhǔ | to stew |
| 水煮蛋 | shuǐ zhǔ dàn | boiled egg |
| 水煮鱼 (水煮魚) | shuǐ zhǔ yú | Sichuan poached sliced fish in hot chili oil |
| 煮蛋 | zhǔ dàn | boiled egg |
| 煮法 | zhǔ fǎ | cooking method |
| 煮开 (煮開) | zhǔ kāi | to boil (food) |
| 烧煮 (燒煮) | shāo zhǔ | to cook |
| 家庭煮夫 | jiā tíng zhǔ fū | househusband |
English words written with 煮
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.