What does kanji 竃 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 竃 is furnace.

How is kanji 竃 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 竃 are かま, かまど, へっつい; the onyomi readings are ソウ.

What words use kanji 竃?

Example words that use kanji 竃 include 窯, 竃馬, 竈, 竈神.

Pre-Level 1

竃

Meaning

Kanji 竃

furnace

furnace, hearth, kitchen stove, oven

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: かまかまどへっつい
Onyomi 音読み: ソウ
Nanori 名乗り: -

Variant: 竈 (Formal) , 灶 (Itaiji) , 䆴 (Itaiji) , 𥧄 (Itaiji)

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: -
Strokes: 17
Radical: -
Components: -
Kanji Kentei: Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji: -

Related vocabulary

Showing 10 common entries

Showing 10 of 11 entries that include this kanji.

窯

かま

stove

竃馬

かまどうま

camel cricket (Diestrammena apicalis)

竈

かまど

kamado

竈神

かまどがみ

tutelary deities of the hearth

高嶺七竈

たかねななかまど

Siberian mountain ash (Sorbus sambucifolia)

七竈

ななかまど

Japanese rowan (Sorbus commixta)

土窯

どがま

earthen kiln

裏白七竃

うらじろななかまど

Sorbus matsumurana (species of rowan)

黄泉戸喫

よもつへぐい

eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld)

御竈蟋蟀

おかまこおろぎ

camel cricket (Diestrammena apicalis)

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

竃に火をつけた。

I lit a fire in the stove.

昔の家には必ず竃があった。

Old houses always had a kitchen stove.

祖母は竃でご飯を炊く。

My grandmother cooks rice on the stove.

この竃はもう使われていない。

This hearth is no longer in use.

新しい竃を作るつもりです。

I intend to build a new furnace.