Porridge in Chinese (Mandarin): 粥 (zhōu)

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The characters in 粥

• 粥

  Porridge. 米 (rice) sits between two 弓 shapes, like rice in a pot.

  12 strokes

First tone, zhōu. Chinese porridge is rice cooked in lots of water, also called congee. Cook it with 煮 (zhǔ): 煮粥.

More examples with 粥

• 早上我喝了一碗粥。

  Zǎoshang wǒ hē le yì wǎn zhōu.

  I had a bowl of porridge this morning.

• 粥太烫了，慢慢喝。

  粥太燙了，慢慢喝。

  Zhōu tài tàng le, mànman hē.

  The porridge is too hot, eat it slowly.

How to write 粥 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.