炊

炊 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 火弓人 (FNO), four-corner 9788₂, composition ⿰火欠)

• 𨨢, 𫓿, 䶴

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 667, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18904
• Dae Jaweon: page 1076, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2192, character 14
• Unihan data for U+708A

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰjol) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + abbreviated phonetic 吹 (OC *kʰjol, *kʰjols).

From 吹 (OC *kʰjol, “to blow”), as in blowing to get a fire going (Schuessler, 2007).

炊

1. to cook

   炊具  ―  chuījù  ―  cooking utensil

2. (dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, Eastern Min, Southern Min) to steam
3. (Puxian Min, Zhongshan Min) steamer basket

炊

1. ^† Only used in 炊累.

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. to cook
2. cooking (cereals, e.g. rice)

• Go-on: すい (sui, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: すい (sui, Jōyō)
• Kun: たく (taku, 炊く, Jōyō); かしぐ (kashigu, 炊ぐ)

炊 (eumhun 불 땔 취 (bul ttael chwi))

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炊: Hán Nôm readings: xuy, xúy/xuý

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• Nôm: xuy, xúy

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville