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竈
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furnace

HSK 10
Objects →Tools
zào
ソウ
かまど、かま、へっつい
조
Components
穴 hole+ 土 earth+ 黽 toad =
竈 furnace
穴 Meaning component
xué hole
cave, den, hole
hole
土
tǔ earth
soil, earth
黽
toad
Notes
Similar Characters
奂 numerous (simp)奐 be numerous (trad)突 abruptly (jp)罙 deep (iii)屄 the vagina帘 flag (simp)穵 deep hollow究 research穷 destitute (simp)穸 the gloom of穹 high and vast空 empty穿 pass through窀 to bury窃 pilfer (jp)窄 strait窅 far窆 to put a窈 secluded窍 opening (simp)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Bronze
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
竈
Regular
Modern
Japanese
窯 、 竈 、 竃 かま 同音
noun stove; furnace; kiln
竈 、 竃 かまど 、 へっつい 、 カマド 同音

noun

  1. usually kana kamado; (explanation) traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove
  2. usually kana household; family
竈 、 竈突 、 竃突 、 竃 くど 同音

noun

  1. smokehole on hearth
  2. kyb hearth; (kitchen) furnace
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
竈 かま
Kama surname
竈 かまど
Kamado place name
竈 へっこい
Hekkoi place name
CHINESE WORDS (4)
吃小灶 [chī​xiǎo​zào] #53,247
to be given special treatment
重起炉灶 [chóng​qǐ​lú​zào] #61,603
to start over from scratch (idiom)
分灶吃饭 [fēn​zào​chī​fàn]
"meals prepared at separate stoves", slogan of the program of fiscal decentralization that began in the 1980s in the PRC
跨灶 [kuà​zào]
to surpass one's father
JAPANESE WORDS (18)
⭐ 窯 [かま] #25,321
stove
お釜 [おかま] #72,013
pot
塩釜 [しおがま] #87,353
salt pan (used for boiling seawater to make salt)
竈神 [かまどがみ] #166,379
tutelary deities of the hearth
土窯 [どがま] #168,919
earthen kiln
黄泉戸喫 [よもつへぐい] #170,214
eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld)
炭窯 [すみがま] #205,572
charcoal kiln
七竈 [ななかまど] #209,383
Japanese rowan (Sorbus commixta)
竃馬 [かまどうま] #215,429
camel cricket (Diestrammena apicalis)
四葉塩竈 [よつばしおがま] #235,214
Chamisso's lousewort (Pedicularis chamissonis var. japonica)
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