厨
kitchen
Readings
On'yomi
- シュウ
- ズ
- チュ
- チュウ
Kun'yomi
- くりや
Meaning
厨 centers on the kitchen as a place for food preparation. Its meaning is straightforward and concrete.
Most common words using 厨
20 of 25- 厨くりや
kitchen
- 厨ちゅう
(Internet) troll; nerd; freak; addict; fag
- 厨房ちゅうぼう
kitchen; galley
- 厨子ずし
miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.)
- カプ厨カプちゅう
obsessive shipper
- ハピエン厨ハピエンちゅう
stickler for happy endings; happy ending junkie
- 主厨長しゅちゅうちょう
head palace chef
- 出会い厨であいちゅう
person who attends meetups or uses social media to proposition people for sex
- 切断厨せつだんちゅう
ragequitter; person who disconnects from an online game (when losing)
- 厨人ちゅうじん
chef; head cook
- 厨夫ちゅうふ
male kitchen worker; cook
- 厨子棚ずしだな
cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.)
- 厨子甕ずしがめ
decorated pottery container for storing the bones of one's ancestors (Okinawa)
- 厨宰ちゅうさい
chef; head cook
- 厨芥ちゅうかい
kitchen waste
- 司厨士しちゅうし
chef (Western cuisine)
- 司厨長しちゅうちょう
head steward (e.g. on a ship)
- 夏厨なつちゅう
summerfag; young and inexperienced user who joins an online community during the summer
- 庖厨ほうちゅう
kitchen
- 懐古厨かいこちゅう
nostalgic person; person who prefers the good old days; fuddy-duddy
Study
Etymology
厨 is a phono-semantic compound: the outer 厂 (cliff/building) suggests a place, while the inner part 豆 and 寸 likely contributed the sound and the idea of a kitchen or cooking area.
Meaning mnemonic
Under the roof 厂, there is a bean 豆 and a hand 寸 measuring ingredients: this is a kitchen where food is prepared.
Reading mnemonic
For シュウ, imagine a chef in the kitchen saying 'Shoo!' to shoo away a fly: 'Shoo!' -> シュウ, keeping the kitchen clean.