yáo
kiln
An oven 穴 where pots 缶 are fired; 缶 also provides the pronunciation
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 窑
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
kiln | ||
earthen kiln | ||
CL:孔[kǒng] | ||
(old) low-grade brothel | ||
(dialect) prostitute |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
2342nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+7A91 |
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