炊
boil, cook

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

スイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

-だ.きた.く

Nanori (名乗り)

い

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:8
Strokes:8
JLPT:1
Frequency:1777

Vocabulary

スイ

WordReadingMeaning
自炊ジスイcooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; making food oneself; self-catering; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
炊事スイジcooking; kitchen work
炊飯器スイハンキrice cooker
雑炊ゾウスイrice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce
炊婦スイフ(female) cook; kitchen maid

Other

WordReadingMeaning
炊き出したきだしfood distribution (esp. cooked rice)
炊くたくto cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe; to get angry; to snap
炊き込みたきこみ(something) cooked with rice
炊き込むたきこむto cook (something) with rice
一炊の夢いっすいのゆめempty dream

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