煮
煮 — Boil
boil, cook
On’yomiシャ (sha)
Kun’yomiにる (niru)
Kun’yomi-に (ni)
Kun’yomiにえる (nieru)
Kun’yomiにやす (niyasu)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 煮
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 煮る | にる niru | to boil; to simmer; to stew |
| 雑煮 | ぞうに zouni | soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish) |
| 煮える | にえる nieru | to be boiled; to be cooked |
| 煮詰める | につめる nitsumeru | to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion |
| 煮込む | にこむ nikomu | to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time) |
| 煮物 | にもの nimono | nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing |
Study notes
煮 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1565 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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