In Chinese, meaning to DRESS MEAT, an old term that means to cut open a carcass and remove the entrails, then cut the meat into sections for cooking, EATING man.
　Some suggest refers to gently fanning dying embers, a「fire lacking, fire deficient」by giving it an「exhale」a「hard blow」or open a「gap」within the wood to allow air to enter. Yet, a COOKING FIRE, especially one for cooking rice, needs to be very low and not strong, else the food burns, so blowing hard to stoke a fire would apply to meat, not rice.
　Nonetheless, a「hard blow with flaming erection in pursuit」may also cause a STICKY SPLAT OF SEEDS, similar to BOILED RICE (米), that is, EATING man. See 嵿,「glans knifed head down, arrayed for fleshpot」:
　「We know that human sacrifice and cannibalism were widely practiced in pre-literate societies and that they were not local but universal cultural phenomena. …[T]he ancient Chinese also participated in this culture, which has much in common with the [Journal of Generative Anthropology] position about the violent origin and early development of human civilization…」
　　[　https://anthropoetics.ucla.edu/ap1401/1401plutschow/ 2011-03-08　]　
　「Human cannibals likely took a big bite out of their fellow humans about 10,000 years ago, according to a study that examined prehistoric bones with scratch and bite marks on them. …In the end, they discovered 30 bones belonging to three individuals: a robust adult, a gracile adult and an infant. However, the infant had only one complete bone (a shoulder blade, or scapula) that did not show signs of cannibalism, the researchers said. …But the practice goes way back: there's even evidence of Neanderthal cannibalism in Belgium and Spain from more than 40,000 years ago, when they went extinct, Live Science previously reported.」
　　[　https://www.cbsnews.com/news/prehistoric-human-bones-show-signs-of-cannibalism/ 2017-03-28　]　

Modern definitions (that generally disregard history) …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may list only pigeonholed definitions, euphemisms, or meaningless mnemonics)
Chinese: dress food; to steam; to cook food
Japanese: to cook, to boil, to simmer, to stew, to seethe, to be boiled, to be cooked, to be done, to be ready, freshly cooked
Unihan extended: cook; meal
EDRDG: cook; boil

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