 | 炊 | ||
| cook; meal | |||
| Radical | 火灬 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 4 | Total Strokes | 8 |
| Mandarin reading | chuī | Cantonese reading | ceoi1 |
| Japanese on reading | sui | Japanese kun reading | taku kashigu |
| Korean reading | chwi | Vietnamese reading | tròn sôi |
|
| 炊 | ||
| cook; meal | |||
| Radical | 火灬 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 4 | Total Strokes | 8 |
| Mandarin reading | chuī | Cantonese reading | ceoi1 |
| Japanese on reading | sui | Japanese kun reading | taku kashigu |
| Korean reading | chwi | Vietnamese reading | tròn sôi |
| 炊事员 | [ chuī shì yuán ] cook, kitchen worker |
| 炊烟 | [ chuī yān ] smoke from kitchen chimneys |
| ⇒ 巧妇难为无米之炊 | [ fù nán weí wú mǐ zhī chuī ] The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment. |