zhǔ

cook

Evolution

煑 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
煑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
煑 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

zhǔ

cook

() 

zhǔ

variant of [zhǔ]

Most common words with 煑
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to cook

煮饭

to cook

煮沸

to boil

生米煮成熟饭

the rice is cooked

焚琴煮鹤

lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes