懂中文 Dong Chinese

煮

zhǔ

cook

Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound.

Components
者 sound component

者  Sound component

zhě

  

one who...

灬 meaning component

灬  Meaning component

biāo, huǒ

  

fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

Evolution

煮 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
煮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
煮 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
煮 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

煮  

zhǔ

cook; to cook; to boil

煮 (煑) 

zhǔ

variant of 煮[zhǔ]

Most common words with 煮
Freq.
Word
Meaning

煮

to cook

煮饭

to cook

煮沸

to boil

生米煮成熟饭

the rice is cooked

焚琴煮鹤

lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes