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熬
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stew

HSK 7
Nature →Elements
áo
ゴウ
い.る
오
Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 敖 represents the sound.
Components
灬 fire (bottom)+ 敖 ramble =
熬 stew
灬 Meaning component
biāo fire (bottom)
fire
灬 is a component form of 火.
敖 Phonetic component
áo ramble
ramble, play about
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Notes
Similar Characters
庶 various羔 kid杰 hero (simp)点 speck (simp)烈 intense烝 steam热 heat (simp)烹 boil焉 thereupon焘 shine (simp)焦 apprehensive然 sort of thing煎 saute煦 gentle照 illuminate煮 boil熏 fumigate (simp)熙 splendid熟 ripe熱 heat (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 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)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
熬
Regular
Modern
Chinese
熬 [āo]
to boil; to simmer
熬 [áo]
to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct; to endure
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (19)
熬夜 [áo​yè] #9,975
to stay up late or all night
煎熬 [jiān​'áo] #7,652
to suffer
难熬 [nán​'áo] #20,237
hard to bear
难熬 [nán​'áo] #20,237
hard to bear
苦熬 [kǔ​'áo] #44,811
to endure (years of suffering)
熬药 [áo​yào] #52,764
to decoct medicinal herbs
熬药 [áo​yào] #52,764
to decoct medicinal herbs
熬煎 [áo​jiān] #56,044
suffering
多年媳妇熬成婆 [duō​nián​xí​fù​'áo​chéng​pó]
see 媳婦熬成婆|媳妇熬成婆[xí​fù​'ào​chéng​pó]
多年媳妇熬成婆 [duō​nián​xí​fù​'áo​chéng​pó]
see 媳婦熬成婆|媳妇熬成婆[xí​fù​'ào​chéng​pó]
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JAPANESE WORDS (5)
煎れる [いれる] #44,019
to be roasted
⭐ 炒る [いる] #54,739
to roast
海参 [いりこ] #238,155
dried sea slug
炒り子 [いりこ] #239,800
small dried sardine
釜煎り [かまいり] #240,655
boiling to death (punishment during the Warring States period)