Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1565 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: boil, cook

Kunyomi: に.る -に に.える に.やす

Onyomi: シャ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: fire

Examples

Onyomi Examples

シャフツ boiling up

沸器 シャフツキ scalder

Kunyomi Examples

にる to boil, to simmer, to stew, to seethe

るなり焼くなり にるなりやくなり as you please, in any way you like, as you wish

える にえる to be boiled, to be cooked

やす にやす to cook inside