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Chinese symbol for “cooking”

烹饪
pēng rèn
Traditional: 烹飪
cooking; culinary arts

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cooking is 烹饪 (pēng rèn), defined as: cooking; culinary arts.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

烹 pēng
cooking, cuisine; stir-fry
radical 86 ⽕ · 11 strokes
饪 rèn
cooked food; to cook until well-done
radical 184 ⾷ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “cooking”

WordPinyinMeaning
炊事chuī shìcooking
做菜zuò càito cook; cooking

Related words

Other words that share a character with 烹饪.

WordPinyinMeaning
烹调 (烹調)pēng tiáoto cook
烹煮pēng zhǔto cook; to boil
烹制 (烹製)pēng zhìto cook; to prepare (food)
烹饪法 (烹飪法)pēng rèn fǎcuisine; culinary art
烹茶pēng cháto brew tea

See also: Japanese symbol for “cooking”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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