Chinese Character 炊 Meanings and components.

Form

炊

Meaning

炊 meaning[3] in English

To Cook Food.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 炊 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Huo (火) , and deficient (欠)

Its radical[1] is: 火 (huo3) which means: Surname Huo, .火huo3surname Huo

In cangjie it is written with FNO

How to write 炊

To write炊chui1to cook … you should write a combination of 火huo3surname Huo , 欠qian4deficient arranged in a 吅 shape:

火 + 欠 = 炊

炊 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 炊 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 炊, looks as follow:

炊
Pinyin:chui1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Cook Food
火
Pinyin:huo3
Meaning[3]: Surname Huo
欠
Pinyin:qian4
Meaning[3]: Deficient . To Owe . To Lack . Yawn

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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