Kitchen

Since food is very important to Chinese culture the character ‘厨’ (chú) is used a lot in all different kind of words which are related to food process.

‘厨’ (chú) is made up from three different parts: ‘厂’(chǎng) means ‘workshop’, ‘豆’(dòu) means ‘beans’ and ‘寸’(cùn) means ‘a unit of measure’, all together they make the character ‘厨’ (chú). However, in modern Chinese ‘厨’ (chú) is rarely used on its own. The word‘厨房’(chú fáng) means ‘kitchen’, ‘厨具’(chú jù) means ‘cooking utensils’ and ‘厨师’(chú shī) means ‘chef’.