厨

See also: 廚

厨 U+53A8, 厨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53A8 ← 厧 [U+53A7] CJK Unified Ideographs 厩 → [U+53A9]

Translingual

Han character

厨 (Kangxi radical 27, 厂+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一一廿戈 (MMTI), composition ⿸厂𭔰)

Derived characters

• 𠾇, 㡡, 𭞭, 𪷏, 橱, 蟵, 𮖳, 蹰, 𡐷, 𧒉

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 162, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3005
• Dae Jaweon: page 370, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 75, character 24
• Unihan data for U+53A8

Chinese

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 厨 – see 廚 (“kitchen; cook; chef; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 廚).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01227-001

Japanese

Kanji

厨

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• Go-on: じゅう (jū)^{←ぢゆう (dyuu, historical)}; ず (zu)^{←づ (du, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちゅう (chū)^{←ちゆう (tyuu, historical)}
• Kun: くりや (kuriya, 厨)

Compounds

• 厨(ず)子(し) (zushi)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
厨
くりや Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Originally a compound of 涅 (kuri, “black; dark-colored”, cognate with 黒 (kuro, “black”); in reference to the darkening of the walls from soot from cooking fires) +‎ 屋 (ya, “house; shed”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くりや [kùríyá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾʲija̠]

Noun

厨(くりや) • (kuriya) 

1. kitchen
2. Abbreviation of 厨人 (kuriyabito, “chef”).

Synonyms

• (kitchen): 台(たい)所(どころ) (taidokoro), 台(たい)所(どこ) (taidoko)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
厨
ちゅう Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 廚 (MC drju). The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨᵝː]

Noun

厨(ちゅう) • (chū) 

1. kitchen

Usage notes

Only found in compounds, never in isolation.

Synonyms

• 庖(ほう)厨(ちゅう) (hōchū)
• 厨(ちゅう)房(ぼう) (chūbō)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
厨
ちゅう Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

A punning phonetic use based on 中坊 (chūbō, “middle school student, noob”, derogatory), a homophone of 厨房 (chūbō, “kitchen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨᵝː]

Suffix

厨(ちゅう) • (-chū) 

1. (Internet slang) freak, nerd, -fag

   ニコ厨(ちゅう)

   niko-chū

   Niconico addict

2. (Internet slang) unwanted person

Compounds

• 厨(ちゅう)房(ぼう), 厨(ちゅう)坊(ぼう) (chūbō, “Internet troll”)
• 硬(こう)派(は)厨(ちゅう) (kōhachū, “Internet tough guy”)
• 切(せつ)断(だん)厨(ちゅう) (setsudanchū, “ragequitter”)
• 特(とく)定(てい)厨(ちゅう) (tokuteichū)
• 指(し)示(じ)厨(ちゅう) (shijichū, “backseater”)

See also

• 廃(はい) (hai)