粥
かゆ
Also written しゅく, かい
Meanings
- Noun thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
- breakfast (in Zen temples)
Kanji
- 粥 rice gruel. Read as かゆ.
Example sentences
- おかゆは消化しやすいんです。
Rice gruel is easy to digest. - 若いときは貧乏でかゆをすすって暮らした。
When he was young, he was so poor that he virtually had to live on gruel.
Related forms
- お粥 (おかゆ) thin rice porridge (polite)
Words containing 粥
- 小豆粥 (あずきがゆ) rice gruel with adzuki beans
- 茶粥 (ちゃがゆ) tea gruel
- 七草粥 (ななくさがゆ) rice gruel traditionally eaten on the 7th day of the new year containing the seven plants of spring
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