炊

Translingual

Han character

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

1. to cook
2. cooking
3. meal

References

• 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

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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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuī (chui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi¹ / ceoi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chher / chhe / chhoe / chhui

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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): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ceoi¹ / ceoi³
    • Yale: chēui / cheui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹ / tsoey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹ / cêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰɵy̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chher
    • Tâi-lô: tsher
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰə³³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe
    • Tâi-lô: tshe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhef
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoe
    • Tâi-lô: tshue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhui
    • Tâi-lô: tshui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰui³³/

Note:

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

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhwe

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
Baxter	tsyhwe
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

(deprecated template usage) 炊

1. to cook
2. cooking
3. meal

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Japanese

Kanji

炊

(Jōyō kanji)

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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) (hangeul 취, revised chwi, McCune–Reischauer ch'wi, Yale chwi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 炊 (xuy, xúy)

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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