粥
かゆ · kayu · JLPT N1 · noun
porridge
粥 — bow 弓 + rice 米 + bow 弓
Originally an ideograph showing rice (米) cooking between rising vapor lines, depicted as two bow shapes (弓) representing steam. The character pictures grain simmering in water until soft. It primarily means rice porridge or congee (zhōu); the rare reading yù means to sell, a borrowed sense later written as 鬻.