What does kanji 竈 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 竈 is hearth.

How is kanji 竈 read?

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

What words use kanji 竈?

Example words that use kanji 竈 include 竈風呂, 塩竈, 四葉塩竈, 西洋七竈.

Pre-Level 1

竈

Meaning

Kanji 竈

hearth

hearth, kitchen stove

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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: 竃 (Legal Form) , 灶 (Itaiji) , 䆴 (Itaiji) , 𥧄 (Itaiji)

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: -
Strokes: 21
Radical: -
Components: -
Kanji Kentei: Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji: -

Related vocabulary

Showing 6 common entries

Showing 6 of 19 entries that include this kanji.

竈風呂

かまぶろ

steam bath (often using brine)

塩竈

しおがま

candy made with a wrapping of sweetened rice flour (looking like a salt crust)

四葉塩竈

よつばしおがま

Chamisso's lousewort (Pedicularis chamissonis var. japonica)

西洋七竈

せいようななかまど

rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)

南京七竈

ナンキンななかまど

Sorbus gracilis (species of mountain ash)

お竈を興す

おかまをおこす

to make a fortune

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

昔の家には土の竈があった。

Old houses had an earthen hearth.

祖母は竈でご飯を炊いたことがある。

My grandmother has cooked rice on a traditional kitchen stove.

その竈は今でも使える。

That stove can still be used today.

竈の火がなかなか消えなかった。

The fire in the hearth did not go out easily.

父は壊れた竈を直している。

My father is repairing the broken stove.

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