| 庖 | |||
| kitchen; cooking, cuisine | |||
| Radical | 广 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 8 |
| Mandarin reading | paó | Cantonese reading | paau4 |
| Japanese on reading | hou | Japanese kun reading | kurya |
| Korean reading | pho | Vietnamese reading | |
| 庖 | |||
| kitchen; cooking, cuisine | |||
| Radical | 广 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 8 |
| Mandarin reading | paó | Cantonese reading | paau4 |
| Japanese on reading | hou | Japanese kun reading | kurya |
| Korean reading | pho | Vietnamese reading | |
| 庖厨 | [ paó chú ] kitchen, cook, chef |
| 庖牺氏 | [ paó xī shì ] another name for 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1], consort of 女媧|女娲[Nu:3 wa1] |
| ⇒ 君子远庖厨 | [ jūn zǐ yuàn paó chú ] lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius), fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen |