How to write 爨

爨 [cuàn] 1. 烧火做饭 (cook) Example: 分居各～ (cook separately). 2. 灶 (stove) Example: 客传萧寒～不烟 (the guest's stove does not produce smoke). 3. 中国宋杂剧、金院本中某些简短表演的名称 (a name for certain short performances in Chinese Song Dynasty miscellaneous plays and Jin Yuan scripts): Example: 《讲百花～》 (Talk of the Hundred Flowers). Example: 《文房四宝～》 (Four Treasures of Study Play). 4. 演戏 (perform): Example: 夫优伶～演，实始有唐《目连救母》之起 (the performance by actors actually began with the Tang Dynasty's "Mu Lian Saves His Mother"). 5. 姓 (surname). 爨 [cuàn] 1. 烧火做饭 (cook) 引: 《广雅》: 爨，炊也 (Guangya: cuàn means cooking). 引: 《说文系传》: 取其进火谓之爨，取其气上谓之炊 (Shuo Wen Xi Zhuan: taking in the fire is called 'cuàn', while taking the smoke up is called cooking). 引: 《孟子·滕文公上》: 许子以釜甑爨，以铁耕乎? (Mencius: Can Xi Zi cook with a pot and steamer, while plowing with iron?). Example: 爨人 (cuàn rén, cook); 爨室 (cuàn shì, kitchen); 爨妇 (cuàn fù, woman who manages cooking). 2. 烧;烧煮 (burn) 3. <名> 炉灶。一种土、陶制的厨房炉子、灶 (noun: an earthen kitchen stove). 引: 张炎《风人松》: 翻怜爨下劳薪 (Zhang Yan's "Feng Ren Song": turning to pity the laborious logs under the stove). Example: 爨下 (cuàn xià, under the stove); 爨火 (cuàn huǒ, fire in the stove); 爨烟 (cuàn yān, smoke from the stove).