Kiokun Logo
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

boil

HSK 6 N1
zhǔ
シャ
に.る、-に、に.える、に.やす
Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound.
Components
Phonetic component
zhě person
that which
View phonetic series →
Meaning component
biāo fire (bottom)
fire
灬 is a component form of 火.
Notes
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
Bronze
Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[zhǔ]
to cook; to boil
Japanese
同音
  1. suffix simmered with; cooked with
  2. noun boiling; boiled dish
Example Sentences