juk

noun

juk is a noun meaning “Synonym of congee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled J-U-K, and it appears about once in every 37 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does juk mean?

noun

1
Synonym of congee.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:juk.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is juk?

Juk appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form in the list.

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rarerper million words of written Englishmore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Where does juk come from?

Borrowed from Cantonese 粥 (zuk1) or Korean 죽 (juk). Doublet of zhou and jook.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).