窯 (yáo) - Kiln — a furnace or oven for baking, & also refers to a coal mine pit or

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yáo ｜ 15 strokes ｜ radical:

嬿一

窯 · yáo

Kiln — a furnace or oven for baking, firing, or drying materials, especially pottery, bricks, or porcelain;

also refers to a coal mine pit or a brothel in certain contexts.

Kiln — a furnace or oven for baking,also refers to a coal mine pit or

Usage highlights

KilnPorcelain kilnBrick kilnLime kilnCoal pitKiln worker

Synonyms

  • 炉— furnace, stove
  • 灶— kitchen stove, hearth

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The potter fired the vase in the kiln (窑).
  • This region is famous for its porcelain kilns (瓷窑).
  • They visited an ancient brick kiln (砖窑).
  • The coal was extracted from the pit (煤窑).

Collocations

  • Kiln(窑)
  • Porcelain kiln(瓷窑)
  • Brick kiln(砖窑)
  • Lime kiln(石灰窑)
  • Coal pit(煤窑)
  • Kiln worker(窑工)

Idioms

  • To step into the same dire straits(同窑烧的砖)
  • A broken kiln yields good pottery(破窑出好货)
  • All from the same kiln(一窑货)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Kilns have a long history in China, crucial for the development of ceramics, especially porcelain, which was a major Chinese export.
  • The character 窯 is pictographically associated with a cave or pit (穴) and a kiln, reflecting early kiln structures built into hillsides.
  • In some historical contexts, '窑子' was a slang term for a brothel, derived from the idea of a 'pit' or enclosed space.

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