yáo
kiln
An oven 穴 where lamb 羔 is cooked; 羔 also provides the pronunciation
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 窯
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 | 15 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+7AAF |
Shuowen | “窯，燒瓦竈也。从穴，羔聲。” |
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