厨房
chú​fáng HSK5

kitchen

厨 chú kitchen Simplified

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

Components

广
广 MeaningSimplified component
guǎng roof
尌
尌 SoundSimplified component
shù, zhù standing (something) up

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

橱蹰

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

橱

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

房 fáng house

Phonosemantic compound. 户 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound.

Components

户
户 Meaning component
hù, hu door
方
方 Sound component
fāng, fang square

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbjang[Cə-N-]paŋ side-room

說文解字

《說文》：“房，室在旁也。从戶，方聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

廚 chú kitchen Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 尌 represents the sound.

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
尌
尌 Sound component
shù, zhù standing (something) up

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

櫥躕

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

櫥

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdrju[d]ro kitchen

說文解字

《說文》：“廚，庖屋也。从广，尌聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)