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The character for "kitchen" or "cook" originated as the traditional form "廚", which is composed of the semantic component "广", indicating a building or a covered structure, combined with the phonetic and semantic component "尌", which conveys ideas of preparation or standing something up. This structure logically denoted the place where food is prepared. Over time, the character's meaning extended from the physical kitchen to also designate the person working within it, a cook. The simplified form "厨" emerged through a common graphic process where the complex right-hand component "尌" was replaced with the simpler "寸", which often functions as a mere structural placeholder in simplified characters, thereby streamlining the character while retaining its core association.
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我的妈妈是厨师。
爸爸在厨房炒菜。
我学习厨艺很久了。
厨房的厨具很齐全。
她打算报名厨艺课程。
厨余垃圾应该分类处理。
这位厨师的厨艺非常精湛。
现代厨房设计注重厨卫一体化。