煮る
にる · niru · JLPT N3 · verb-ichidan
to boil
🍲🔥 煮 = 者 (someone) + 灬 (fire): someone cooking things over a flame
The four dots at the bottom, 灬, are the fire radical. You also see it in 蒸す (to steam) and 焦げる (to burn). Sound hook: niru sounds like near you. You stay near the pot while it boils.
煮 — 者 (phonetic) + 灬 (fire radical, bottom)
煮 means 'to boil' or 'to cook'. The bottom component 灬 is a variant of 火 (fire), showing flames beneath a pot. The top 者 serves as the phonetic element, hinting at the pronunciation zhǔ. Together they depict cooking food over fire.