煮 — boil, cook

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi

• しゃ sha

Kun'yomi

• に.る ni.ru
• -に -ni
• に.える ni.eru
• に.やす ni.yasu

Words that use 煮

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

• 煮える にえる to be boiled JLPT N3
• 煮る にる to boil JLPT N3