爨
Meanings
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- 1.surname Cuan
- 1.cooking-stove
- 2.to cook
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Wiktionary
- 1.to cook
- 2.cooker; cookstove
- 3.a surname
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Etymology
A relatively late-appearing character, first found in bamboo slips. Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 𦥑 (“two hands”) + 鬲 (“cooking vessel”) + 冂 (“stove opening”) + 林 (“firewood”) + 廾 (“two hands”) + 火 (“fire”) – hands holding a cooking vessel over a stove, and hands putting firewood in the stove over a fire.
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