煮 — kanji meaning “boil”
煮
boil, cook
- Meanings
- boil, cook
- On'yomi
- シャ (sha)
- Kun'yomi
- に.る、-に、に.える、に.やす
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1565 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 86
- Chinese reading
- zhǔ — Chinese character page
Words with 煮
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 煮る | にる niru | to boil; to simmer; to stew |
| 煮物 | にもの nimono | nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing |
| 煮込む | にこむ nikomu | to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time) |
| 煮込み | にこみ nikomi | stew; hodgepodge |
| 雑煮 | ぞうに zouni | soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish) |
| 煮詰める | につめる nitsumeru | to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.) |
| 佃煮 | つくだに tsukudani | preserved food boiled in sweetened soy sauce |
| 煮干 | にぼし niboshi | (small crunchy) dried sardines |
| 煮汁 | にじる nijiru | broth |
| 芋煮 | いもに imoni | imoni (taro and meat soup) |
| 煮詰まる | につまる nitsumaru | to be boiled down |
| 煮詰め | につめ nitsume | sweet eel sauce (brushed on a sushi topping) |
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