The kanji 炊: meaning, readings and stroke order

炊

Meaning: cook (rice)
On reading: スイ sui
Kun reading: た（く） taku
Strokes: 8
Radical: 火 fire
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: nấu (cơm) (xuy)
Japanese: ごはんをたく。にたきする。
Korean: 밥을 짓다 (취)
Chinese: 煮饭、炊事

Readings, words and example sentences

スイ sui · on reading · less common

炊すい事じ
cooking
キャンプで 炊すい事じをします。
We do our own cooking at camp.

た（く） taku · kun reading

炊たく
to cook (rice)
ごはんを 炊たきます。
I cook rice.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.