Kanji
N2 8 strokes Grade 8 freq #1709

seethe, boil, ferment, uproar, breed

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

water mizu

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

boiling; seething
scolecite
ebullism; formation of gas bubbles in bodily fluids
azeotrope
analcite
stilbite; desmine
chabazite; chabasite
boiling up

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to boil; to heat (a liquid)
to well up; to burst
water heater; water boiler
to boil up; to seethe
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil
boiling
to heat something up
wasting one's efforts; rendering one's efforts futile
what a joke!; don't make me laugh!
to bubble over; to boil over

Example sentences

We know that water boils at 100 degrees.

The water is boiling away.

Bring the water to the boil.

Jessie is boiling water to make coffee.