炊 — kanji meaning “cook”
炊
cook, boil
- Meanings
- cook, boil
- On'yomi
- スイ (sui)
- Kun'yomi
- た.く、-だ.き
- Name readings
- い
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1777 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 86
- Chinese reading
- chuī, chuì — Chinese character page
Words with 炊
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 炊き出し | たきだし takidashi | food distribution (esp. cooked rice) |
| 自炊 | じすい jisui | cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking |
| 炊事 | すいじ suiji | cooking; kitchen work |
| 雑炊 | ぞうすい zousui | rice porridge made by simmering cooked rice in a seasoned broth, often containing vegetables, fish, etc. (usu. made from leftovers) |
| 炊き込み | たきこみ takikomi | (something) cooked with rice |
| 炊く | たく taku | to cook (grains, e.g. rice) |
| 炊飯 | すいはん suihan | rice cooking; boiling rice |
| 水炊き | みずたき mizutaki | food (esp. chicken and vegetables) boiled in plain water (or sometimes dashi, etc.) and served with dipping sauce (esp. ponzu) |
| 炊ける | たける takeru | to be boiled; to be cooked; to be done |
| 炊きたて | たきたて takitate | freshly boiled (rice); freshly cooked; steaming |
| 炊き込む | たきこむ takikomu | to cook (something) with rice |
| 煮炊き | にたき nitaki | cooking |
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