茹

10 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

boil, seethe

Kun'yomi
  • ゆでる
    		to boil (something in hot water) ②to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
  • うでる
    		to boil (something in hot water) ②to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
On'yomi
  • ジョ
  • ニョ

Main Radical

艸(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ゆでる 97.0%
うでる 3.0%

Character Breakdown

boil, seethe
ゆ.でる　う.でる　ジョ (Kentei 1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
likeness, like, such as
ごと.し　ジョ　ニョ (8th, N1)
woman, female
ジョ　おんな　め (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)

Common Words

ゆ
茹
　
で
　
る
to boil (something in hot water) ②to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
かま
釜
ゆ
茹
　
で
boiling in an iron pot ②boiling to death (punishment during the Warring States period)
しお
塩
ゆ
茹
　
で
boiling with salt
ゆ
茹
　
で
じ
時
かん
間
boiling time
ゆ
茹
　
で
あ
上
　
が
　
る
to be completely boiled
かた
固
ゆ
茹
　
で
たまご
卵
hard-boiled egg
なま
生
ゆ
茹
　
で
half-boiled
ゆ
茹
　
で
　
こ
　
ぼ
　
す
to boil, then discard the liquid (in order to remove astringency)
した
下
ゆ
茹
　
で
parboiling
ゆ
茹
　
で
え
海
び
老
boiled red prawn, shrimp, lobster, etc. (sometimes used as a New Year decoration)
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References

Unicode hex code 8339
JIS X 0208 1-72-7
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3937
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5030
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1171
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 30921X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k6.7
Four corner code 4446.0