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The character 煮 is a phono-semantic compound, with the semantic radical 灬 (fire) at the bottom and the phonetic component 者 above. Its primary meaning is to boil or cook food in liquid over heat. This core sense can extend to the process of extraction through boiling, such as in preparing traditional medicine decoctions or processing salt. The structure directly reflects the practice of cooking, using the fire radical to represent the necessary heat for the boiling process.
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我在煮面条。
妈妈煮了一锅汤。
请帮我煮几个鸡蛋。
他喜欢用砂锅煮粥。
把水煮沸就可以泡茶了。
她正在厨房里慢慢地煮着咖啡。
煮这道菜的时候要一边煮一边搅拌。
科学家在实验室里煮制特殊的化合物。