Memory phrase for the character: 煮

煮

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Meaning

to cook, to boil

Pronunciation

zhǔ

Explanation

 Top: person 者 (old man 耂 on the sun 日), bottom: fire 灬

Mnemonic
 
The person at the fire is cooking.

Radicals

者 person者
灬 fireAlso this radical 火 stands for fire.
耂 old manWith this radical an old man seems to support himself with his stick ノ on the ground 土?




 Vocabulary

煮沸 zhǔ fèi  to boil
生米煮成熟饭 shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn  the rice is cooked; what's done is done; it's too late to change anything now (idiom)
烧煮 shāo zhǔ  to cook
烧煮 shāo zhǔ  

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