炊 means “cook rice”

たく · taku

Also: cook, boil

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

たく

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

スイ

Taught in secondary school · 8 strokes

The story

Fire (火) and a breath of air. 炊 is dedicated to the most sacred act in the Japanese kitchen: cooking rice. The 炊飯器 (suihanki, rice cooker) is the heartbeat of every Japanese home.

Used in 炊飯 (suihan, rice cooking) and 炊き込みご飯 (takikomi gohan, mixed rice)

Words with 炊

• 炊飯 (すいはん, suihan): rice cooking

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.