厨
kitchen
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,173 U+53A8
How 厨 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
厂 (semantic, “building”) + 豆 (phonetic, dòu)
How to remember it
kitchen · Heisig RSH #1133
cliff + table + glue
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 豆
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 豆 (dòu) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 豆 sound component | dòu | beans, peas; bean-shaped |
| 短 | duǎn | brief, short; deficient, lacking |
| 登 | dēng | to rise, to mount, to board, to climb |
| 逗 | dòu | to entice, to tempt; to arouse, to stir |
| 痘 | dòu | smallpox |
Words containing 厨
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 行政总厨 | xíng zhèng zǒng chú | executive chef |
| 厨师长 | chú shī zhǎng | executive chef; head chef |
| 中央厨房 | zhōng yāng chú fáng | central kitchen |
| 大厨 | dà chú | chef |
| 厨子 | chú zi | cook |
| 下厨 | xià chú | to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal); to cook |
| 主厨 | zhǔ chú | chef; to be the chef |
| 厨工 | chú gōng | kitchen helper; assistant cook |
| 神厨 | shén chú | master chef |
| 后厨 | hòu chú | the kitchen area of a restaurant |
| 厨师 | chú shī | cook; chef |
| 明厨亮灶 | míng chú liàng zào | "transparent kitchen" – a kitchen (in a restaurant, school cafeteria etc) in which food pr… |
| 厨房 | chú fáng | kitchen; CL:間|间[jian1] |
| 厨司 | chú sī | (dialect) cook; chef |
| 厨卫 | chú wèi | kitchens and bathrooms |
| 厨余 | chú yú | kitchen waste; food waste (recycling) |
| 厨具 | chú jù | kitchen implements |
| 厨艺 | chú yì | cooking skills; culinary talent |
| 君子远庖厨 | jūn zǐ yuàn páo chú | lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius); fig. a nobleman who has … |
| 掌厨 | zhǎng chú | to prepare meals; chef |