炊

chuī

Radical: 火 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

炊 decomposes into the following components:

火 欠

Semantic component: 火; phonetic component: 欠.

Words containing 炊

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 炊.

炊事
chuī shì
cooking
炊具
chuī jù
rice steamer
炊器
chuī qì
cooking vessels (archeology)
炊帚
chuī zhou
炊烟
chuī yān
smoke from kitchen chimneys
炊爨
chuī cuàn
野炊
yě chuī
to cook a meal over a campfire (usu. for a group of people on an outing)
炊事员
chuī shì yuán
cook
米已成炊
mǐ yǐ chéng chuī
lit. the rice has already been cooked (idiom)
食玉炊桂
shí yù chuī guì
food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom)
巧妇难为无米之炊
qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī

Related characters (radical 火)

Characters that share the radical 火.

火 灭 灯 灰 灶 灸 灼 災 灾 灿 炀 炅 炆 炉 炎 炏 炒 炔 炕 炖 炙 炜 炝 炤

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