10 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

boil, cook

Kun'yomi
  • to boil
On'yomi
  • ホウ

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

ホウ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

boil, cook
ホウ に.る (Kentei Pre-1)
pass through, go smoothly
コウ キョウ ホウ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
complete, finish
リョウ さとる (8th, N2)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ

Common Words

cooking (esp. Japanese style) ②(Japanese) restaurant
(Japanese) restaurant
traditional inn priding itself on its cuisine
cooking by boiling
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References

Unicode hex code 70F9
JIS X 0208 1-43-3
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 309
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3425
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2549
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2606
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 19049
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2j8.5
Four corner code 0033.2
De Roo Code 440