炊
炊 — Cook
cook, boil
On’yomiスイ (sui)
Kun’yomiたく (taku)
Kun’yomi-だき (daki)
Stroke order (8 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 炊
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自炊 | じすい jisui | cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking |
| 炊事 | すいじ suiji | cooking; kitchen work |
| 炊飯器 | すいはんき suihanki | rice cooker |
| 炊き出し | たきだし takidashi | food distribution (esp. cooked rice) |
| 炊く | たく taku | to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer |
| 雑炊 | ぞうすい zousui | rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce |
Study notes
炊 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1777 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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