Kanji

竈

Meaning

hearth and kitchen stove

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • かまど がみ tutelary deities of the hearth
  • かまど うま camel cricket (Diestrammena apicalis)
  • なな かまど Japanese rowan (Sorbus commixta)
  • お かま pot
  • かま ぶろ steam bath (often using brine)
  • お かま をおこす to make a fortune
  • へっつい

On'yomi

  • そう

Practice Writing

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Related Entries

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stove, furnace, kiln

Component Analysis

竈
hearth, kitchen stove
かまど, かま, ソウ
穴
hole, aperture, slit...
あな, ケツ
宀
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン, メン
冖
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ
八
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
や, や.つ, ハチ
土
soil, earth, ground...
つち, ド, ト
黽
green frog, industry
あおがえる, つと.める, ボウ

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