饪 (rèn): cooked food

饪 (rèn) is a Chinese character meaning “cooked food.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 饣 (semantic) and 壬 (phonetic). It ranks #3135 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 饪 food. Its radical form 饣 (eat) appears in many related characters such as 饭 (fàn, meal, rice), 饿 (è, hungry), 饱 (bǎo, full).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 饣 eat7 strokesFrequency #3135饣 semantic壬 phonetic

Definitions

  1. cooked food

Etymology & Origin

饪

pictophoneticfood

Decomposition: ⿰饣壬 (layout: left-right)

Components:饣semantic壬phonetic

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
烹饪pēng rèncooking
烹饪法pēng rèn fǎcuisine
2
Total compounds
0
As first character
50
As last character
50
As middle character

饪 appears in 2 compound words: 0 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 50 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 饪 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

烹pēng
0.86511,560 co-occurrences
肴yáo
0.502126 co-occurrences
厨chú
0.40172 co-occurrences
菜cài
0.395366 co-occurrences
锅guō
0.38160 co-occurrences
烘hōng
0.37436 co-occurrences
饮yǐn
0.369102 co-occurrences
餐cān
0.357228 co-occurrences
食shí
0.354600 co-occurrences
艺yì
0.353324 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

我在字典里查到了饪字的详细解释。

wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le rèn zì de xiáng xì jiě shì .

I looked up the detailed definition of the character "饪" in the dictionary.

Character Family

饣 Radical Family — Characters sharing the eat radical

饱bǎo饼bǐng馋chán饵ěr饭fàn饥jī饺jiǎo馒mán馁něi饶ráo

Related Characters

饭fàn饿è饱bǎo馆guǎn饼bǐng饺jiǎo饰shì饲sì饵ěr饶ráo

Homophones — Characters pronounced rèn

任rèn

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 饪 (rèn) mean in Chinese?
饪 (rèn) primarily means "cooked food." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #3135 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 饪 have?
饪 is written with 7 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 饪?
The radical associated with 饪 is 饣 (eat). This radical appears in many characters related to eat.
What are the components of 饪?
饪 is composed of: 饣 (semantic), 壬 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰饣壬 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 饪?
Common words with 饪 include: 烹饪 (pēng rèn, "cooking"); 烹饪法 (pēng rèn fǎ, "cuisine"). There are over 2 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 饪 (rèn)?
Several characters share the pronunciation rèn: 任 (task, to appoint). Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 饪 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 饪 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.