漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
窯: kiln, oven
Also: furnace
JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 穴hole(meaning)
- 羔(form)
穴 carries the meaning · 羔 is drawn in
15 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ヨウyou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 窯業ようぎょうceramics; ceramic industry
かまkama · kun'yomi · on its own
- 窯かまstove; furnace; kiln
- 窯元かまもとpottery (i.e. the place)
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)穴 cave; hole (meaning) + 羔 (sound)
It represents a hole used for firing pottery, which is a pottery kiln.
Source: Wiktionary, 窯 (rev. 93449922), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Hole radical + fire/potter = a large cavernous oven used to bake pottery and bread.”
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Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 窑 · traditional, as in Japanese · yáo
Japan keeps the traditional form 窯; mainland China simplifies it to 窑.
- Simplified
- 窑 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 窯 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yáo most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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