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窑 yáo kiln

kiln; oven; pit

How to remember 窑: 穴 hole + 缶 clay jar = kiln. Through the small hole at the front, the potter carefully slides her newest clay jar into the glowing kiln.

  • HSK 8
  • 11 strokes
  • Radical 穴

Component breakdown

窑 = 穴 hole + 缶 clay jar

  • 穴 hole
  • 缶 clay jar
The Gushi story

Through the small hole at the front, the potter carefully slides her newest clay jar into the glowing kiln.

How it is used

  • A kiln, and a cave-dwelling/pit - 窑洞 (yáodòng) a loess cave home (NW China), 砖窑 (zhuānyáo) a brick kiln, 瓷窑 (cíyáo) a porcelain kiln.
  • 黑砖窑 (hēi zhuānyáo) refers to illegal forced-labor brick kilns. Concrete.