# 炊 cook rice

(fireleft) + 欠 (lack)
★★☆☆☆
8 strokes

## Onyomi

SUI |

## Mnemonic

| My electric rice cooker makes SWEET rice just fine, even though it lacks a flame.

## Kunyomi

た*く | boil (anything) / cook (rice) ★★☆☆☆

## Jukugo

炊飯器(すいはんき) | rice-cooker ★☆☆☆☆ 炊 (cook rice) + 飯 (rice / meal) + 器 (instrument) = 炊飯器 (rice-cooker)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
灯 | streetlight | NAIL | 丁
炊 | cook rice | LACK | 欠

A streetlight is on top of a pole or a NAIL,

but you LACK water to boil some delicious kale.