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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 煮

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
煮 zhǔ - to cook
- to boil
煮 zhǔ - variant of 煮[zhu3]

List Ranking for: 煮

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 5 2,982 2,678 961

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱ 者 灬

Radical:

灬

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

者

Semantic:

灬

Hint:

Fire

Other Words Containing 煮

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
煮 5 5 2,982 2,678 961
煮饭 - - 15,365 19,647 9,057
煮沸 - - 30,008 21,205 10,371