Memory phrase for the character: 炊

炊

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Meaning

to cook, boil, kitchen work

Pronunciation

SUI
taku

Explanation

 Left: fire 火, right: lack 欠 (The mouth wide open of the yawning ⺈ person 人 is lacking sth.) - 炊飯器 (すいはんき) means rice cooker.

Mnemonic
 
(Think of the rice stove:) The fire is lacking and yet it cooks.

Radicals

火 fireImage of a fire
欠 deficiencyThe radical kakeru shows a mouth wide open ⺈ of a person 人 [when yawning] and stands for lack or deficiency. (perhaps a lack of good manners?)




 Vocabulary

炊く たく  to boil, to cook
炊事 すいじ  cooking, culinary arts

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