Memory phrase for the character: 炊

炊

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Meaning

to cook food, to steam

Pronunciation

 chuī

Explanation

 Left: fire 火, right: lack 欠 (top: open mouth/yawning, below: person 人)

Mnemonic
 
If fire is lacking you can't cook.

Radicals

火 fireAlso this radical 灬 stands for fire.
欠 lack, yawnLike a person 人 who tears his mouth wide open when yawning and seems to have a lack (of good manners).
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 Vocabulary

炊事员 chuī shì yuán  cook; kitchen worker
炊事 chuī shì  cooking
炊烟 chuī yān  smoke from kitchen chimneys
炊烟 chuī yān  

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