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炊 = 火 + 欠

炊 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “cook”. It is built from 火 (fire) and 欠 (lack). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 507.

Keyword
cook
RTK frame
507
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
スイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
た.く, -だ.き
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
готовить
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
炊 cook

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 火 fire
  2. 欠 lack

How to find 炊 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “fire” + “lack”. 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.