炊 – cook, boil

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1777 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 炊 means cook, boil. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is スイ (sui); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is た.く、-だ.き (taku, daki). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 火 (no. 86).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	スイ	sui
Kun’yomi	た.く	taku
Kun’yomi	-だ.き	daki

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 火 (Kangxi radical 86). Components: 火・欠.

Words using 炊

炊くたくto cook (grains, e.g. rice)炊事すいじcooking

Example sentences

私は炊事が全然できない。

I'm all thumbs in the kitchen.

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Kanji with the same radical

点無然火熱爆為燃焦災焼照炎煙炭烈

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