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Kotomora

窯

kiln, oven, furnace

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 5,000Strokes15

Readings

On'yomi

  • ヨウ

Kun'yomi

  • かま

Meaning

窯 centers on a heated enclosed space for processing materials: a kiln for pottery, an oven for baking, or a furnace for intense heat.

Most common words using 窯

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  • 窯かま

    stove; furnace; kiln

  • 窯業ようぎょう

    ceramics; ceramic industry

  • 窯元かまもと

    pottery (i.e. the place)

  • 石窯いしがま

    stone oven; masonry oven; brick oven

  • トンネル窯トンネルがま

    tunnel kiln

  • ピザ窯ピザがま

    pizza oven

  • 古窯址こようし

    ruins of old kilns; old kiln sites

  • 土窯どがま

    earthen kiln

  • 官窯かんよう

    governmental porcelain furnace

  • 東京窯業とうきょうようぎょう

    TYK Corporation

  • 炭焼き窯すみやきがま

    charcoal kiln

  • 炭窯すみがま

    charcoal kiln; charcoal pile

  • 焼き窯やきがま

    oven; kiln

  • 瓦窯がよう

    tile kiln

  • 登り窯のぼりがま

    climbing kiln; ascending kiln; connected (pottery) kilns built on a slope

  • 石窯ピザいしがまピザ

    brick-oven pizza; wood-fired pizza

  • 穴窯あながま

    very old type of kiln made by digging a hole in the side of a hill

  • 窯出しかまだし

    removing pots from kiln

  • 窯印かまじるし

    potter's mark

  • 窯場かまば

    kiln-equipped pottery workshop

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Etymology

窯 combines 穴 (hole, cavity) with 羔 (lamb), but the historical origin is uncertain. The modern form likely reflects a kiln as a cavity where something is heated, but the role of 羔 is unclear.

Meaning mnemonic

The top 穴 is a cave-like opening, and the bottom 羔 looks like a lamb. Picture a lamb-shaped clay figure being fired inside a cave-like kiln: the heat transforms it into pottery.

Reading mnemonic

For ヨウ, imagine a potter yelling 'Yo!' as he pulls a finished pot from the kiln: Yo! -> ヨウ, and the kiln is hot.