炊 = 火 + 欠

炊 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “cook”. It is built from 火 (fire) and 欠 (owe).

Keyword: cook
Pinyin (Mandarin): chuī
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: готовить
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 炊 cook

Decomposition

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火 fire
欠 owe

How to find 炊 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “fire” + “owe”. 炊 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 炊 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.