炊

炊

炊 U+708A, 炊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-708A ← 炉 [U+7089] CJK Unified Ideographs 炋 → [U+708B]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• KangXi: 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

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Chinese

trad.		炊
simp. #		炊

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (吹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
吹	*kʰjol, *kʰjols
炊	*kʰjol
焁	*qʰral, *qʰel

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

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuī (chui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhôi / chhûi
• Min Dong (BUC): chuŏi
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhe / chher / chhoe / chhui

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cuê¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuei
    • Wade–Giles: chʻui¹
    • Yale: chwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuei
    • Palladius: чуй (čuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰweɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi¹
    • Yale: chēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhôi / chhûi
    • Hakka Romanization System: coi´ / cui´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: coi¹ / cui¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoi̯²⁴/, /t͡sʰu̯i²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chuŏi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰui⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Hsinchu, Magong, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe
    • Tâi-lô: tshe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhef
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Singapore): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Hsinchu, Kinmen, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chher
    • Tâi-lô: tsher
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang): /t͡sʰə³³/
    • IPA (Kinmen, Singapore): /t͡sʰə⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoe
    • Tâi-lô: tshue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Singapore): /t͡sʰue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhui
    • Tâi-lô: tshui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰui³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴/

Note:

• chhe/chher/chhoe - vernacular;
• chhui - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cuê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshue
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰue³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕʰiuᴇ/

Rime
Character	炊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	支 (12)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	昌垂切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiuᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰʷiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰjuɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰwiə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiue/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰǐwe/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰwie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chuī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰjol/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	炊
Reading #	1/1
No.	1654
Phonetic component	吹
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	吹
Old Chinese	/*kʰjol/

Definitions

炊

1. to cook
2. (dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, Min Dong, Min Nan) to steam
3. related to cooking

   炊具  ―  chuījù  ―  cooking utensil

4. (Puxian Min, Zhongshan Min) steamer basket

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蒸 (“to steam”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蒸
Mandarin	Beijing	蒸
	Taiwan	蒸
	Harbin	蒸
	Yantai (Muping)	蒸
	Jinan	蒸
	Luoyang	蒸
	Wanrong	蒸
	Xi'an	蒸
	Yinchuan	蒸
	Lanzhou	蒸
	Ürümqi	蒸
	Wuhan	蒸
	Chengdu	蒸
	Guiyang	蒸
	Guilin	蒸
	Liuzhou	蒸
	Xuzhou	蒸
	Yangzhou	蒸
	Nanjing	蒸
	Singapore	蒸
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蒸
	Hong Kong	蒸
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	蒸
	Macau	蒸
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	蒸
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	蒸
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	蒸
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	炊, 蒸
	Foshan	蒸
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	蒸
	Foshan (Shunde)	蒸
	Foshan (Sanshui)	蒸
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	蒸
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	蒸
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	蒸
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	蒸
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	炊
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	蒸
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	蒸
	Taishan	炊
	Kaiping (Chikan)	炊
	Enping (Niujiang)	炊
	Heshan (Yayao)	蒸
	Dongguan	炊, 蒸
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	炊
	Qingyuan	蒸
	Fogang	蒸
	Yingde (Hanguang)	蒸
	Yangshan	蒸
	Lianshan (Butian)	蒸
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	蒸
	Shaoguan	蒸
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	蒸
	Renhua	蒸
	Lechang	蒸
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	蒸
	Sihui	蒸
	Guangning	蒸
	Deqing	炊
	Huaiji	蒸
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	蒸
	Yunfu	炊
	Xinxing	炊
	Luoding	蒸
	Yunan (Pingtai)	煮
	Xinyi	蒸
	Lianjiang	蒸
	Nanning	蒸
	Wuzhou	蒸, 炊
	Yulin	蒸
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	蒸
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蒸
Gan	Lichuan	蒸
	Pingxiang	蒸
Hakka	Meixian	蒸
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	蒸
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	蒸
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	蒸
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	蒸
	Conghua (Lütian)	蒸
	Yudu	蒸
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蒸
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蒸
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	炊
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	炊
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	炊
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	炊
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	蒸
Jin	Taiyuan	蒸
	Xinzhou	蒸
Min Bei	Jian'ou	炊
	Songxi	炊
	Jianyang	炊
Min Dong	Fuzhou	炊
	Fuqing	炊
	Gutian	炊
	Ningde	炊
	Zhouning	炊
	Fuding	炊
	Matsu	炊
Min Nan	Xiamen	炊
	Quanzhou	炊
	Yongchun	炊
	Zhangzhou	炊
	Taipei	炊
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	炊
	Kaohsiung	炊
	Yilan	炊
	Changhua (Lukang)	炊
	Taichung	炊
	Tainan	炊
	Hsinchu	炊
	Kinmen	炊
	Penghu (Magong)	炊
	Penang (Hokkien)	炊
	Singapore (Hokkien)	炊
	Longyan	炊
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	炊
	Datian	炊
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	蒸
	Chaozhou	炊
	Shantou	炊
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	炊
	Singapore (Teochew)	炊
	Leizhou	炊
	Wenchang	蒸
Min Zhong	Yong'an	炊
	Shaxian	炊
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	蒸
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蒸
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	蒸
Wu	Shanghai	蒸
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蒸
	Danyang	蒸
	Ningbo	熯, 蒸, 炊 rare
	Wenzhou	蒸, 炊
	Jinhua	蒸, 熯, 炊
Xiang	Changsha	蒸
	Quanzhou	蒸

Dialectal synonyms of 蒸籠 (“steamer basket”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蒸籠, 籠屜
Mandarin	Beijing	籠屜
	Taiwan	蒸籠
	Tianjin	籠屜
	Tangshan	籠屜
	Cangzhou	籠
	Baoding	籠屜
	Shijiazhuang	籠屜
	Ulanhot	籠屜
	Tongliao	籠屜
	Chifeng	蒸籠, 籠屜, 屜子
	Bayanhot	蒸籠, 蒸籬子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	籠屜
	Harbin	籠屜
	Shenyang	籠屜
	Yantai (Muping)	籠屜, 籠
	Qingdao	籠屜
	Jinan	籠
	Luoyang	蒸籠
	Wanrong	籠
	Zhengzhou	籠
	Xi'an	蒸籠, 籠, 籠屜
	Yinchuan	蒸籠
	Lanzhou	蒸籠, 托籠
	Xining	熥籠
	Ürümqi	籠
	Wuhan	蒸籠
	Chengdu	蒸籠
	Chongqing	蒸籠
	Guiyang	蒸籠
	Kunming	蒸籠
	Guilin	蒸籠
	Liuzhou	蒸籠
	Xuzhou	蒸籠, 籠
	Yangzhou	蒸籠
	Nanjing	蒸籠
	Hefei	蒸籠
	Nantong	蒸籠
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蒸籠
	Hong Kong	蒸籠
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	蒸籠
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	蒸籠
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	蒸籠
	Macau	蒸籠
	Taishan	蒸籠
	Dongguan	蒸籠
	Shaoguan	蒸籠
	Nanning	蒸籠
	Wuzhou	蒸籠
	Yulin	籠䉕
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	炊籠
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蒸籠
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	蒸籠
Gan	Nanchang	籠床
	Lichuan	籠床
	Pingxiang	籠床
Hakka	Meixian	蒸籠, 籠床
	Xingning	蒸籠
	Huidong (Daling)	粄寮
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	蒸籠
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	蒸籠
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	拖箱
	Changting	籠床
	Wuping	籠床
	Liancheng	籠床
	Ninghua	蒸籠
	Yudu	蒸籠, 籠床
	Ruijin	籠倉
	Shicheng	蒸籠
	Shangyou (Shexi)	籠床
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	籠床
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	粄床
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	籠床
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	籠床
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	籠床
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	籠床
	Hong Kong	蒸籠
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	蒸籠
	Senai (Huiyang)	蒸籠
Huizhou	Jixi	籠床
	Shexian	蒸籠
Jin	Taiyuan	籠床, 籠屜, 籠
	Pingyao	籠床
	Xinzhou	籠甑子, 籠
	Taibus (Baochang)	籠屜
	Linhe	蒸籠, 籠, 籠屜, 甑品子
	Jining	籠, 籠甑
	Hohhot	籠, 籠屜, 籠甑, 蒸籠
	Baotou	籠
	Dongsheng	籠屜
	Haibowan	籠屜
	Zhangjiakou	籠屜
	Handan	蒸籠
Min Dong	Fuzhou	炊床
	Fuqing	炊篅
	Matsu	炊床, 床
Min Nan	Xiamen	炊床, 炊鋪, 籠床
	Quanzhou	炊床, 籠床
	Jinjiang	籠床
	Zhangzhou	籠床, 炊床, 炊鋪 rectangular
	Dongshan	籠床
	Taipei	籠床
	Kaohsiung	籠床
	Yilan	籠床
	Changhua (Lukang)	籠床
	Taichung	籠床
	Taichung (Wuqi)	籠床
	Tainan	籠床
	Taitung	籠床
	Hsinchu	籠床
	Penghu (Magong)	籠床
	Chaozhou	炊籠
	Jieyang	籠床
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	炊籠
	Leizhou	炊籠
	Wenchang	蒸籠
	Haikou	蒸籠
Puxian Min	Putian	炊
	Xianyou	炊
Min Zhong	Yong'an	炊籃
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	炊, 炊籠
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蒸籠
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	蒸籠
Wu	Shanghai	蒸籠
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蒸籠, 籠屜
	Suzhou	蒸籠
	Danyang	蒸籠
	Hangzhou	蒸籠
	Ningbo	蒸籠
	Wenzhou	蒸籠
	Jinhua	蒸籠
Xiang	Changsha	蒸籠子, 蒸籠, 攪石子
	Quanzhou	蒸籠

Compounds

Derived terms from 炊

一炊 先炊 分炊 新炊 族人炊 晨炊 析骨而炊 淘炊 炊事 (chuīshì) 炊人 炊具 (chuījù) 炊器 (chuīqì) 炊子 炊家子 炊帚 (chuīzhou) 炊桂 炊沙作糜 炊火 炊灼 炊烝 炊煮 炊熟 炊爨 (chuīcuàn) 炊玉 炊甑 炊米 炊累

炊臼 炊臼之戚 炊金爨玉 炊雕 炊食 炊骨 炊骨易子 炊骨爨骸 炊骸 烝炊 煎膏炊骨 爨桂炊玉 爨炊 米已成炊 (mǐyǐchéngchuī) 自炊 茶炊 (cháchuī) 野炊 (yěchuī) 食玉炊桂 鬼炊 黍炊 劍頭炊／剑头炊 及熱釜炊／及热釜炊 執炊／执炊 數米而炊／数米而炊 斷炊／断炊 (duànchuī) 晨炊星飯／晨炊星饭 殺雞炊黍／杀鸡炊黍

炊事員／炊事员 (chuīshìyuán) 炊婦／炊妇 炊撥兒／炊拨儿 炊沙作飯／炊沙作饭 炊沙成飯／炊沙成饭 炊沙鏤冰／炊沙镂冰 炊煙／炊烟 (chuīyān) 炊燼／炊烬 炊瓊爇桂／炊琼爇桂 炊砂作飯／炊砂作饭 炊粱跨衛／炊粱跨卫 炊臼之夢／炊臼之梦 炊金饌玉／炊金馔玉 炊飯／炊饭 炊餅／炊饼 炊養／炊养 炊鮮漉清／炊鲜漉清 無炊火／无炊火 無米之炊／无米之炊 舉炊／举炊 裊裊炊煙／袅袅炊烟 軟炊／软炊 轢釜待炊／轹釜待炊 鏤冰炊礫／镂冰炊砾 饌玉炊珠／馔玉炊珠 饌玉炊金／馔玉炊金

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuī, chuì (chui¹, chui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟ, ㄔㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuei
    • Wade–Giles: chʻui¹
    • Yale: chwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuei
    • Palladius: чуй (čuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰweɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuèi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻui⁴
    • Yale: chwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuey
    • Palladius: чуй (čuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰweɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi³
    • Yale: cheui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰɵy̯³³/

Definitions

炊

1. ^† Only used in 炊累.

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Japanese

Kanji

炊

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

Readings

• 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)

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Korean

Hanja

炊 • (chwi)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 취 (revised: chwi, McCune–Reischauer: ch'wi, Yale: chwi)
  • Name (hangeul): 불 땔

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Vietnamese

Han character

炊: Hán Nôm readings: xuy, xúy/xuý

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Readings

• Nôm: xuy, xúy

References

• 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