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廚

chú

kitchen

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 尌 represents the sound.

Components
广 meaning component

广  Meaning component

yǎn, guǎng

  

roof

尌 sound component

尌  Sound component

shù

  

standing (something) up

Evolution

廚 Seal script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Seal script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
廚 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
廚 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
廚 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

厨 (廚) 

chú

kitchen; closet; cupboard

Most common words with 廚
Freq.
Word
Meaning

厨房

kitchen

厨

kitchen

厨师

cook

厨子

cook

主厨

chef

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

櫥

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

櫥 躕

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[d]ro

drju

chú

kitchen


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 22.7775% of movies

1279th most common character in movies

2132nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Simplified

厨

Unicode

U+5EDA

Shuowen

“廚，庖屋也。从广，尌聲。”


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