粥
yù
#3,015 most
frequent character
used in 葷粥|荤粥[Xun1yu4]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
粥 puts 米 rice with 弜, which was once 䰜, a cauldron. Together they first meant cooking rice in a cauldron. That grew to rice gruel, porridge, or congee.
粥 as a component in other characters
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