粥
Meanings
Noun
1. thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
2. breakfast (in Zen temples)
Other readings
Kanji used
Pitch accent
しゅく
Used in vocabulary
Examples1
若い とき は 貧乏 で かゆ を すすって 暮らした。
When he was young, he was so poor that he virtually had to live on gruel.