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.