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煮 = 者 + 灬

煮 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “boil”. It is built from 者 (someone) and 灬 (fire radical). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1346.

Keyword
boil
RTK frame
1346
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シャ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
に.る, -に, に.える, に.やす
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
кипятить
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
煮 cook

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 者 someone
  2. 灬 fire radical

How to find 煮 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “someone” + “fire radical”. 煮 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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