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炊

chuī
verb #72,654

Meanings

  1. 1 to cook (food over a fire)
  2. 2 to do the cooking

Examples

傍晚，村子里升起了炊烟。
Bàngwǎn, cūnzi lǐ shēngqǐ le chuīyān.
Smoke from cooking fires rose from the village at dusk.
巧妇难为无米之炊。
Qiǎofù nán wéi wúmǐzhīchuī.
Even the cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice.

Tips

usage
炊 is the formal word for cooking, common in 炊烟 (smoke from cooking fires), 炊事 (cooking duties) and the proverb about not cooking without rice.

Components

radical
火 huǒ
fire
The fire radical on the left. Cooking is done over a fire, so the fire radical states the meaning of 炊 directly rather than just hinting at it.
phonetic
欠 qiàn
to owe; to lack; yawn
Originally a person with an open mouth blowing on the fire to keep it going. It supplies the sound chuī and pictures the act of fanning a cooking flame.

Stroke Order

炊 chuī