Memory phrase for the character: 煮

煮

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Meaning

boil, cook, simmer

Pronunciation

SHA
niru/eru/yasu

Explanation

 Top: person 者 (The old man 耂 shows in the sun 日 his whole person.), bottom: fire 灬

Mnemonic
 
The person at the fire is boiling sth.

Radicals

者 person
耂 old manWith the radical oigashira, an old man seems to support himself with his stick ノ on the ground 土?
灬 fireBoth the radicals renga 灬 and hi 火 are used for fire.




 Vocabulary

煮える にえる  to boil, to cook, to be cooked
煮る にる  to boil, to cook
煮詰める につめる  to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.)

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