烹 meaning and stroke order
Cooking, cuisine; stir-fry
How to write 烹, stroke by stroke
11 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 烹
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- 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)
How 烹 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Fire.
灬 gives the meaning and 亨 hints at the sound.
Radical: 灬 (fire), shared by 28 characters on this site.
How to remember 烹
The top part 亨 (hēng) gives the sound, and the four dots 灬 at the bottom are fire. Picture a pot sitting over a flame: that is cooking, 烹 (pēng).
烹 is rarely used alone in modern speech. It appears mostly in formal words like 烹饪 (pēngrèn) and 烹调 (pēngtiáo), and in dish names that use the stir-fry-then-sauce method. Example: 他很喜欢烹饪。(Tā hěn xǐhuan pēngrèn.) He really enjoys cooking.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up 烹 with 亨 (hēng) or 享 (xiǎng), which look similar on top but lack the fire dots. Also note the tone: 烹 is first tone pēng, not pèng like 碰.
Common words with 烹
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
烹 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 烹
How many strokes are in 烹?
烹 is written with 11 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 烹 mean?
烹 (pēng) means cooking, cuisine; stir-fry. A common word with it is 烹调 (pēngtiáo), meaning "to cook".
How do you pronounce 烹?
烹 is pronounced pēng, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 烹?
The radical of 烹 is 灬, which carries the idea of "fire". Dictionaries list 烹 under this radical.
Is 烹 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 烹 is part of the HSK 7-9 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 烹饪 and 做饭?
做饭 (zuòfàn) is the everyday word for making a meal at home. 烹饪 (pēngrèn) is more formal and refers to cooking as a skill or art, as in cooking classes or culinary schools.
What does 烹 mean in dish names?
In dish names, 烹 refers to a technique where food is quickly fried and then a sauce is poured in and tossed. A well known example is 炸烹虾 (zhápēng xiā), fried prawns finished with sauce.