Keyword
to cook
- meal
- to steam
- Frequency
- #3964
- Strokes
- 8
Readings
chuī
Mnemonic
火 (fire) gives the meaning and 欠 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
炊
to cook food
炊事
cooking
炊具
cooking utensils; cookware; cooker
炊烟
smoke from kitchen chimneys
野炊
to cook a meal over a campfire (usu. for a group of people on an outing); cookout
炊事员
cook; kitchen worker
巧妇难为无米之炊
The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.
米已成炊
lit. the rice has already been cooked (idiom); fig. what is done cannot be undone