烹

to boil; to brew (tea); to cook by briefly stir-frying and then mixing in sauce; (old) to boil to death (judicial punishment in ancient times)

11 strokes Dict coverage rank #3,141 U+70F9

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

灬 (semantic, “fire”) + 亨 (phonetic, hēng)

components: 亨灬

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 亨

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 亨 (hēng) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
亨 sound component	hēng	prospering, going smoothly
哼	hēng	to hum; to sing softly; to moan, to groan

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
治大国若烹小鲜	zhì dà guó ruò pēng xiǎo xiān	ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom); effective government requi…
烹调术	pēng tiáo shù	cookery
狡兔死，走狗烹	jiǎo tù sǐ , zǒu gǒu pēng	see 兔死狗烹[tu4 si3 gou3 peng1]
兔死狗烹	tù sǐ gǒu pēng	(lit.) when the rabbit is dead, the hunting dogs are cooked (idiom); (fig.) to discard or …
烹制	pēng zhì	to cook; to prepare (food)
烹调	pēng tiáo	to cook
烹茶	pēng chá	to brew tea
烹饪法	pēng rèn fǎ	cuisine; culinary art; cookery; recipe
烹煮	pēng zhǔ	to cook; to boil
烹饪	pēng rèn	cooking; culinary arts