Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
Variants:
boil, cook
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1565 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 煮沸 【シャフツ】 boiling up
  • 煮沸器 【シャフツキ】 scalder

Kun reading compounds

  • 煮る 【にる】 to boil, to simmer, to stew, to seethe
  • 煮るなり焼くなり 【にるなりやくなり】 as you please, in any way you like, as you wish
  • 煮える 【にえる】 to be boiled, to be cooked
  • 煮やす 【にやす】 to cook inside

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhu3
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • cocer
  • hervir

Portuguese

  • ferver
  • cozinhar

French

  • mijoter
  • bouillir
  • cuire
1338 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1294 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2771 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1179 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1518 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1787 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1795 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1931 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1315 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1277 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3460 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1782 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2426 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1265 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19165P Morohashi
2785 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3437 New Nelson (John Haig)
1257 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1346 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1563 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1440 2001 Kanji
4d8.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-4 SKIP code
3-4-8 SKIP code
4433.6 Four corner code
1-28-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
716e Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
seethe, boil, ferment, uproar, breed
Kun:
わ.くわ.かす
On:
フツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1709 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 沸々 【フツフツ】 simmer, bubble out, flow out
  • 沸々 【フツフツ】 simmer, bubble out, flow out

Kun reading compounds

  • 沸く 【わく】 to grow hot (e.g. water), to boil, to get excited (at), to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.), to be in a ferment, to take place energetically, to ferment, to melt (of metal)
  • 沸かす 【わかす】 to boil, to heat (a liquid), to prepare (a bath, hot drink), to excite, to rouse, to stir

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fei4
Korean:
bi, bul

Spanish

  • hervir
  • cocer

Portuguese

  • borbulhar
  • ferver
  • agitação
  • barulho
  • criar

French

  • bouillonner
  • bouillir
  • fermenter
  • exciter
  • élever
1767 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1707 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2524 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1627 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
670 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1792 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1928 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1494 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1180 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
387 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
244 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
291 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1245 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17251 Morohashi
329 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3094 New Nelson (John Haig)
1237 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1325 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1205 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
344 2001 Kanji
3a5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
3512.7 Four corner code
1-42-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6cb8 Unicode hex code