Kanji 粥 Words: Meanings and Readings

粥

かい

breakfast (in Zen temples)

お粥

おかゆ

thin rice porridge

パン粥

パンがゆ

bread porridge

芋がゆ

いもがゆ

gruel with ivy broth and finely minced Japanese yam served at large Imperial banquets

粥かき棒

かゆかきぼう

wooden ladle or rod used to stir the rice porridge used in a kayuura divination

粥杖

かゆづえ

wand used when preparing gruel for the 15th of the first month (said to cure sterility in women)

粥状

じゅくじょう

arthero-

粥状硬化

じゅくじょうこうか

atherosclerosis

粥占

かゆうら

rice porridge divination

粥柱

かゆばしら

mochi added to rice gruel (15th of the first month)

粥腹

かゆばら

surviving on rice gruel

七種がゆ

ななくさがゆ

rice gruel traditionally eaten on the 7th day of the new year containing the seven plants of spring

十夜粥

じゅうやがゆ

rice gruel served in temples for ten-night memorial services

小豆粥

あずきがゆ

rice gruel with adzuki beans

茶粥

ちゃがゆ

tea gruel

朝粥

あさがゆ

breakfast rice gruel

冬至粥

とうじがゆ

adzuki bean rice gruel eaten on the day of the winter solstice (to chase away demons that spread contagious diseases)

白かゆ

しらかゆ

unflavored rice porridge

望粥

もちがゆ

azuki bean gruel eaten around the 15th day of the first month

糜粥

びじゅく

chyme