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Kanji Detail for 炊 - "to cook rice, to boil"

炊

  • Meaning

    炊 means "to cook rice, to boil." Also associated with to prepare rice.

    1. Cook rice - To steam rice; to boil.

    2. Prepare meals - To make food; to cook.

  • Words using 炊

    • 炊飯器 すいはんき Listen rice cooker
    • 炊事 すいじ Listen cooking; kitchen work
    • 自炊 じすい Listen cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking
    • 炊き出し たきだし Listen food distribution (esp. cooked rice)
    • 炊く たく Listen to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer

  • Four-character idioms with 炊

    • 黄粱一炊 こうりょういっすい Listen fleeting nature of riches and honour (honor)

  • Tattoo check: 炊

    • Verified meaning: to cook rice, to boil
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かしき, かしぎ)
    • Also carries these associations: to prepare rice

    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 炊

    Surnames 炊(かしき)Listen 炊(かしぎ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    cook; boil

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cook; meal

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to cook food

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    meal; to cook, to steam

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

    To cook things with fire. As in 炊爨 (cooking), 炊煮 (boiling), both referring to grains.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sui(スイ) スイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    da.ki(だ-き) だ-き

    taku(た-く) た-く

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    火 灬 (hi・hihen・rekka・renga)

  • Related Keywords

    to cook rice to boil to prepare rice tilt cook steam rice pot stove kitchen heat grain meal

Sentences including 炊

  • I'm used to cooking for myself.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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