熬
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to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct; to endure
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Dict coverage rank #2,811 U+71AC
How 熬 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
灬 (semantic, “fire”) + 敖 (phonetic, áo)
How to remember it
stew · Heisig RSH #1732
土 soil + 放 release + cooking fire
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 敖
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 敖 (áo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 敖 sound component | áo | to ramble, to play about; leisurely; surname |
| 傲 | ào | proud, haughty, overbearing |
| 鳌 | áo | huge sea turtle |
| 螯 | áo | claws, pincers |
| 獒 | áo | smastiff, large fierce dog |
| 嗷 | áo | clamor; the sound of wailing |
| 鏊 | ào | a flat iron cooking-plate for cakes |
| 廒 | áo | granary |
| 聱 | áo | bent, twisted; overcomplicated |
Words containing 熬
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 熬头儿 | áo tou r | (coll.) the reward of one's efforts; the light at the end of the tunnel |
| 熬出头 | áo chū tóu | to break clear of all the troubles and hardships; to achieve success; to make it |
| 多年媳妇熬成婆 | duō nián xí fù áo chéng pó | see 媳婦熬成婆|媳妇熬成婆[xi2 fu4 ao4 cheng2 po2] |
| 熬更守夜 | áo gēng shǒu yè | to stay up through the night (idiom) |
| 媳妇熬成婆 | xí fù áo chéng pó | lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (id… |
| 难熬 | nán áo | (of pain or hardship) hard to bear |
| 熬药 | áo yào | to decoct medicinal herbs |
| 熬夜 | áo yè | to stay up late or all night |
| 苦熬 | kǔ áo | to endure (years of suffering) |
| 熬膏 | áo gāo | to simmer to a paste |
| 煎熬 | jiān áo | to suffer; to torture; to torment; ordeal; suffering; torture; torment |
| 熬煎 | áo jiān | suffering; torture |
| 熬稃 | áo fū | (old) popped glutinous rice (term used during the Song dynasty) |