chú

kitchen

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
广 meaning,simplified component

广  Meaning Simplified component

yǎnguǎng

  

roof

尌 sound,simplified component

  Sound Simplified component

shù

  

standing (something) up

Evolution

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

Seal script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
厨 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
厨 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

chú

kitchen; closet; cupboard

() 

chú

old variant of |[chú]

Most common words with 厨
Freq.
Word
Meaning

厨房

kitchen

kitchen

厨师

cook

厨子

cook

主厨

chef

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 22.7775% of movies

1279th most common character in movies

2132nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Traditional

Unicode

U+53A8


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