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Kanji Detail for 粥 - "rice porridge, gruel"

粥

  • Meaning

    粥 means "rice porridge, gruel."

    1. Rice porridge - Rice cooked soft with water.

    2. Congee - A comfort food; gruel.

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    • Verified meaning: rice porridge, gruel
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いく)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 粥

    Surnames 粥(いく)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    rice gruel

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    rice gruel, congee

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    used in 葷粥|荤粥[Xun1 yu4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    porridge, gruel, congee

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Rice cooked in water until soft is called 粥 (congee). | 粥粥. Soft and weak appearance. Seen in (Record of Rites). Such as saying the hens are clucking softly. | Same as 鬻. To sell.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    iku(イク) イク

    juku(ジュク) ジュク

    shuku(シュク) シュク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hisa.gu(ひさ-ぐ) ひさ-ぐ

    kai(かい) かい

    kayu(かゆ) かゆ

  • Strokes

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    12 strokes

  • Radical

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    米 (kome・komehen)

  • Related Keywords

    rice porridge gruel congee soft warm meal cooked nourishing simple breakfast traditional

Sentences including 粥

  • I also brought some gruel I made. It just needs warming up.

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