TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
廚
廚 ＝ 广 ＋ 尌
ㄔㄨˊ · chú
noun — kitchen; (in 廚師) cook, chef
字源 FORM — what the parts do
广義a building, a roof
尌聲shù — gives the sounda drum on its stand (壴) and a hand (寸) — to set upright; worn down inside the glyph
{ʈ,tʂ}Ishù → chú — retroflex initial shifts
A roofed building (广) holds 尌 shù — a drum stood upright by hand, the standing-up graph — and it lends the sound, worn from shù toward chú. 說文 calls it the cook-house (庖屋); so 廚 is the room built for cooking: 廚房, and the one who works it, 廚師.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
屋子（广）裡爐火立起來，一個人在裡頭做飯——廚房。
Inside the building (广) the stove stands lit, someone cooking within — the kitchen.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)廚房— kitchen常用
→廚具— kitchenware — the room's tools
⇒廚師— cook, chef — the one who works it常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension