炊 (boil, cook) - Kanji Codex

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

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Information

Grade:8

Strokes:8

JLPT:1

Frequency:1777

Vocabulary

スイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

Word	Reading	Meaning
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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