粥(zhōu)

HSK 612 strokes
Readingszhōuyù

used in 荤粥

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Character information

Pinyin
zhōu / yù
Meaning
used in 荤粥
Strokes
12
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 粥 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿲弓米弓

Steaming 弓 rice 米

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

弓gōng米mǐ

Parts are arranged three parts across.

How to write 粥 step by step

12 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 粥

Common words using 粥 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

yī一guō锅zhōu粥
HSK 7-9

(lit.) a pot of porridge

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bái白zhōu粥

plain rice congee

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xī稀zhōu粥

water gruel; thin porridge

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mǐ米zhōu粥

congee

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sēng僧duō多zhōu粥shǎo少

lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)

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bā八bǎo宝zhōu粥

rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc

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yàn燕mài麦zhōu粥

oatmeal

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zhōu粥shǎo少sēng僧duō多

see 僧多粥少[seng1 duo1 zhou1 shao3]

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丧串乌乳予井亡仓

From 粥’s common words

一锅白稀米僧多少

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