Memory phrase for the character: 烹

烹

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Meaning

cooking method, to boil

Pronunciation

pēng

Explanation

Top: prosperous 亨 (Who makes big/high 高 things to accomplish 了 is prosperous.), bottom: fire 灬

Mnemonic

A prosperous use of fire is: to cook.

Radicals

火	fire	Also this radical 灬 stands for fire.
亨	prosperous	Perhaps to be understood as a combination of tall/big 高 and finish 了. (了 = The still armless 了 child 子 should be finished.) So if big things are finished, you are prosperous/successful.

Vocabulary

烹调	pēng tiáo	to cook; cooking
烹饪	pēng rèn	cooking; culinary arts
烹饪法	pēng rèn fǎ	cuisine; culinary art; cookery; recipe
烹饪法	pēng rèn fǎ

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