煮

See also: 煑

煮 U+716E, 煮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-716E ← 煭 [U+716D] CJK Unified Ideographs 煯 → [U+716F]

煮 U+FA48, 煮 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA48 ← 漢 [U+FA47] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 爫 → [U+FA49]

煮 U+FA9C, 煮 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA9C ← 瀞 [U+FA9B] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 瞧 → [U+FA9D]

Translingual

Alternative forms

• 煑

Han character

煮 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十日火 (JAF), four-corner 4433₆, composition ⿱者灬)

Derived characters

• 㵭 𭧶 𭵽 𮆈

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 678, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19165
• Dae Jaweon: page 1087, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2211, character 11
• Unihan data for U+716E

• Unihan data for U+FA48

• Unihan data for U+FA9C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		煮
alternative forms		煑／煮 𣎧

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
觰	*rtaːʔ, *rtaː
諸	*tjaː, *tja
者	*tjaːʔ
堵	*tjaːʔ, *taːʔ
赭	*tjaːʔ
撦	*l̥ʰjaːʔ
扯	*tʰjaːʔ
闍	*djaː, *taː
奢	*hljaː
鍺	*toːlʔ
都	*taː
醏	*taː
覩	*taːʔ
睹	*taːʔ
暏	*taːʔ
賭	*taːʔ
帾	*taːʔ
楮	*taːʔ, *tʰaʔ
屠	*daː, *da
瘏	*daː
廜	*daː
鷵	*daː
緒	*ljaʔ
豬	*ta
猪	*ta
瀦	*ta
藸	*ta, *da
櫫	*ta
褚	*taʔ, *tʰaʔ
著	*taʔ, *tas, *da, *taɡ, *daɡ
箸	*tas, *das
儲	*da
躇	*da
櫧	*tja
藷	*tja, *djas
蠩	*tja
煮	*tjaʔ
渚	*tjaʔ
煑	*tjaʔ
陼	*tjaʔ
翥	*tjas
署	*djas
薯	*djas
曙	*djas
書	*hlja
暑	*hjaʔ
鐯	*taɡ
擆	*taɡ
櫡	*taɡ

Characters in the same phonetic series (者) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjaʔ): phonetic 者 (OC *tjaːʔ) + semantic 灬 (“fire”) – to cook over a fire.

Pronunciation

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	煮
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyoX ›
Old Chinese	/*[t]aʔ/
English	boil, cook
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	煮
Reading #	1/1
No.	17004
Phonetic component	者
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	䰞
Old Chinese	/*tjaʔ/
Notes	煑今體

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǔ (zhu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zyu²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): zi²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chú

  (Hailu, HRS): zhu^ˊ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zu³

• Eastern Min (BUC): cṳ̄
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zy³ / zu³ / zi³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chú / chír / chí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ze² / zu²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chu³
    • Yale: jǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juu
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zyu²
    • Yale: jyú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: zi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zu³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: zhu^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃu²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zu³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Jiangkou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zy³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cṳ̂
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou, Youyang)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zy³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy³³²/
  • (Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su⁴⁵³/
  • (Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú
    • Tâi-lô: tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan): /t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chír
    • Tâi-lô: tsír
    • IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sɯ⁵³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sɯ⁴²/
    • IPA (Lukang): /t͡sɨ⁵⁵/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí
    • Tâi-lô: tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Yilan): /t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ze² / zu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ́ / tsú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ⁵²/, /t͡su⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsy
    • MiniDict: tsy^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩³⁴/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[t]aʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjaʔ/

Definitions

煮

1. to boil; to cook

   煮麵／煮面  ―  zhǔ miàn  ―  to make (cook) noodles

2. (neologism, humorous) Alternative form of 主 (Zhǔ, “Lord”) referring to the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
3. a surname, Zhu

Synonyms

• (to cook): (Hokkien) 咴 (huī)

Compounds

• 一鍋煮 / 一锅煮
• 家庭煮夫
• 摘山煮海
• 敲冰煮茗
• 滷煮 / 卤煮
• 炮鳳煮龍 / 炮凤煮龙 (páofèngzhǔlóng)
• 烹煮
• 烹龍煮鳳 / 烹龙煮凤 (pēnglóngzhǔfèng)
• 煮呢
• 煮字
• 煮字療飢 / 煮字疗饥
• 煮干
• 煮沸 (zhǔfèi)
• 煮海為鹽 / 煮海为盐
• 煮熟 (zhǔshú)
• 焚琴煮鶴 / 焚琴煮鹤 (fén qín zhǔ hè)
• 煮的
• 煮粥焚鬚 / 煮粥焚须
• 煮茗
• 煮菜
• 煮豆燃萁 (zhǔdòuránqí)
• 煮酒
• 煮飯 / 煮饭 (zhǔfàn)
• 煮鶴焚琴 / 煮鹤焚琴
• 煮鶴燒琴 / 煮鹤烧琴
• 煮鼓
• 熬煮
• 燜煮 / 焖煮
• 燉煮 / 炖煮
• 燃萁煮豆
• 白煮
• 白煮蛋
• 鑄山煮海 / 铸山煮海

References

• “煮”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “煮”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 140.