Memory phrase for the character: 窑

窑

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Meaning

oven, kiln

Pronunciation

yáo

Explanation

 Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: can 缶 (Shows a mortar 凵 with a pestle 午 in it.)

Mnemonic
 
At the top is the hole at this 'can': the oven.

Radicals

穴 caveIt is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into this hole or cave.
缶 can, jarShows a mortar 凵 with a pestle 午 that is vertically in it.




 Vocabulary

窑洞 yáo dòng  yaodong (dugout used as shelter)
黑砖窑 hēi zhuān yáo  lit. black brick kiln; factories that acquired notoriety in 2007 for slave labor
窑姐儿 yáo jiěr  a prostitute
窑姐儿 yáo jiěr  

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