烩 (huì): to braise

Meanings

1 to braise
2 to stew (ingredients together in sauce)
3 to sauté and braise

Characters

烩

huì

to braise; to stew together

Examples

她把蔬菜和肉一起烩了。

Tā bǎ shūcài hé ròu yīqǐ huì le.

She braised the vegetables and meat together.

这道烩菜味道很好。

Zhè dào huìcài wèidào hěn hǎo.

This braised dish tastes great.

他喜欢把豆腐烩进汤里。

Tā xǐhuān bǎ dòufu huì jìn tāng lǐ.

He likes to braise tofu into the soup.

Tips

usage

烩 refers to a cooking method where ingredients are stir-fried briefly then braised in sauce or broth until the liquid reduces. Common in 烩饭 (rice cooked with braised toppings) and 烩面 (braised noodle soup).

Components

radical

火 huǒ

fire

Fire radical on the left fixes the cooking action: 烩 is a wet-heat technique done over flame. The same radical drives the cooking family — 炒 stir-fry, 烤 roast, 煮 boil, 烧 braise.

phonetic

会 huì

to meet; gather

Right side supplies sound and a clever semantic hint: huì → huì (exact match), and the meaning 'to gather together' captures exactly what 烩 cooking does — multiple ingredients meeting in one pot to simmer in sauce. The traditional form 燴 used the fuller 會.