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炊 た.く、-だ.き cook, boil 1 1777 8 86 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが 会意 Compound Ideographic Japanese cooking sometimes lacks fire, e.g., sashimi. 468

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スイ い 炊事(すいじ): cooking; culinary arts炊く(たく): to cook (esp. grain, pulses, etc., such as rice or beans); to boil S 火: fire欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76) 火 4 (none) cook This character shows the difference between a cook and a chef: a chef prepares food with passion and love; a cook only stands there with a pan over a fire, with no passion and just yawning.

Kanji	炊
Onyomi	スイ
Kunyomi	た.く、-だ.き
Nanori	い
English	cook, boil
Examples	炊事(すいじ): cooking; culinary arts 炊く(たく): to cook (esp. grain, pulses, etc., such as rice or beans); to boil
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1777
Components	火: fire 欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76)
Number of Strokes	8
Kanji Radical	火
Radical Number	86
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	cook
Koohii Story 1	Japanese cooking sometimes lacks fire, e.g., sashimi.
Koohii Story 2	This character shows the difference between a cook and a chef: a chef prepares food with passion and love; a cook only stands there with a pan over a fire, with no passion and just yawning.
RTK Index	468

Cook Boil Fire Passion 炊 スイ た.く、 だ.き い

Cook Boil Fire Passion 炊スイた.く、だ.きい