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廚
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厨
🇨🇳

kitchen

HSK 10
Objects →Buildings
chú
シュウ、ズ、チュ、チュウ
くりや
주
Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 尌 represents the sound.
Components
广 roof+ 尌 standing =
廚 kitchen
广 Meaning component
yǎn roof
"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc
尌 Phonetic component
shù standing
standing (something) up
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Notes
Similar Characters
厨 closet (simp)厅 room (simp)庀 to prepare庄 farmstead (simp)庇 shield庋 a cupboard or序 preface庐 hut (simp)庑 luxuriant (simp)库 armory (simp)底 bottom庖 cooking店 store庙 imperial (simp)府 government office庞 big (simp)废 abrogate (simp)庠 village school庥 shelter座 seat
Historical Evolution
Seal Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze Warring States (475-221 BC)
Bronze
Warring States (475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
厨
Regular
Modern
Chinese
厨 / 廚 [chú]
kitchen
Japanese
厨 、 廚 くりや 同音
noun kitchen
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (18)
厨房 [chú​fáng] #1,665
kitchen
厨师 [chú​shī] #4,449
cook
厨子 [chú​zi] #9,964
cook
主厨 [zhǔ​chú] #15,885
chef
厨具 [chú​jù] #26,436
kitchen implements
下厨 [xià​chú] #17,338
to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal)
厨师长 [chú​shī​zhǎng] #45,052
executive chef
帮厨 [bāng​chú] #56,566
help in the mess kitchen
掌厨 [zhǎng​chú] #59,990
to prepare meals
庖厨 [páo​chú] #61,209
kitchen
8 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
⭐ 厨房 [ちゅうぼう] #8,257
kitchen
厨子 [ずし] #64,356
miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.)
庖厨 [ほうちゅう] #167,039
kitchen
KOREAN WORDS (1)
주방 #19,445
kitchen