炊

chuī
#3,327 most
frequent character
to cook food

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

炊 joins 火 fire with 欠, a figure with an open mouth. Together they suggest making a fire to cook. It first meant creating a fire to cook food, then grew to mean to cook.

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Homophones

HSK 5
吹chuī
to blow, to play a wind instrument

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