窑
窯yáo
#2,337 most
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kiln, oven, coal pit, cave dwelling
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
窑 yáo puts 穴 cave, hole with 缶 ceramic container. A hollow for firing pottery gives its first sense: a large oven for bricks, tile, and ceramics. That became 'kiln,' and also a cave dwelling.
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