煮

zhǔ

zh+ǔ·3rd tone

to cook · to boil

Radical: 灬 Strokes: 12 HSK 6

Structure: Top large, bottom smallFrequency: Common

Same radical

然点热燕照熟烈焦熊熏煞煎

Same radical

然点热燕照熟烈焦熊熏煞煎熙烹焉

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Character Decomposition

煮=者+灬

Etymology

fire

Meanings

to cook

to boil

zhǔ

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Words with 煮 59 total

to cook · to boil烹煮pēng zhǔ to boil煮沸zhǔ fèi cooking method煮法zhǔ fǎ to boil thoroughly · to cook thoroughly煮熟zhǔ shóu to hard-boil (eggs)煮硬zhǔ yìng boiled egg煮蛋zhǔ dàn

Idioms with 煮 12 total Chain

lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes · fig. to waste valuable resources · to destroy wantonly beautiful things焚琴煮鹤fén qín zhǔ hè the rice is cooked · what's done is done · it's too late to change anything now (idiom)生米煮成熟饭shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn burning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom); to cause internecine strife煮豆燃萁zhǔ dòu rán qí inappreciative of art or beauty · (reference to a rich vulgarian who) cooked the crane for meat and burned a stringed instrument for fuel煮鹤焚琴zhǔ hè fén qín