The kanji 炊 炊 primarily means "to cook" or "to boil" something, especially referring to cooking rice or other grains. It implies the process of applying heat to food, usually with water, to make it edible.

・On-yomi (音読み): スイ (sui) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): た（く） (ta(ku))

⚫︎ 炊飯器 Translation: Rice cooker ⚫︎ 炊事 Translation: Cooking; housekeeping ⚫︎ ご飯を炊く Translation: To cook rice

The kanji 炊 炊 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, keisei moji). The semantic component is 火 (fire), which indicates the action involves heat. The phonetic component is 吹 (fuki), originally depicting a person blowing air into a furnace. Together, 炊 炊 visually suggests the act of cooking with fire. Over time, the form evolved to its current shape.