1. 烹
  2. 煮

烹

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  1. 烹 is the 3455th most frequent character.
  2. 烹 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 烹 appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. 烹 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
烹 => No glyph available, No glyph available
Radical :
烹 => 亠 (lid), 口 (mouth), ㇇ (N/A), 亅 (hook), 灬 (fire)
Graphical :
烹 => 一, 丶, 口, ㇇, 亅, 灬

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. peng1 - cooking method/to boil sb alive (capital punishment in Imperial China)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

烹饪 (烹飪)

Medium Frequency

烹煮 
烹调 (烹調)

煮

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  1. 煮 is the 2577th most frequent character.
  2. 煮 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 煮 appears as a character in 10 words.
  4. 煮 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
煮 => 者, 灬
Radical :
煮 => 耂 (old), 日 (sun/day), 灬 (fire)
Graphical :
煮 => 耂, 口, 一, 灬

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhu3 - to cook/to boil

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 煮 (zhu3): The component 者 is pronounced as 'zhe3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

煮 

Medium Frequency

煮沸 
煮熟 
煮开 (煮開)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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