Chinese symbol for “cook”
煮
zhǔ
to cook; to boil
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cook is 煮 (zhǔ), defined as: to cook; to boil.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “cook”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 厨师 (廚師) | chú shī | cook; chef |
| 烹调 (烹調) | pēng tiáo | to cook |
| 煮饭 (煮飯) | zhǔ fàn | to cook |
| 厨子 (廚子) | chú zi | cook |
| 做菜 | zuò cài | to cook; cooking |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cook”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.