The kanji 煮: meaning, readings and stroke order
煮
- Meaning
- boil, simmer
- On reading
- シャ sha
- Kun reading
- に(る) niru、に(える) nieru、に(やす) niyasu
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 火 fire
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
- Old form
- 煮
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- ninh, nấu (chử)
- Japanese
- にる。にえる。
- Korean
- 삶다, 끓이다 (자)
- Chinese
- 煮、炖
Readings, words and example sentences
シャ sha · on reading · less common
煮ふつ
boiling (to make clean)
水を 煮ふつさせます。
They boil the water.
に(る) niru · kun reading
煮る
to simmer, to cook in liquid
大根を やわらかく 煮ます。
I simmer the daikon radish until soft.
に(える) nieru · kun reading · less common
煮える
to be cooked (by simmering)
いもが よく 煮えました。
The potatoes are well cooked.
に(やす) niyasu · kun reading · less common
煮やす
to lose patience (in a set phrase)
待たされて しびれを 煮やします。
I was kept waiting and got impatient.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.