窯
kiln, oven, furnace
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
20 of 24- 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
Study
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.