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 窯, 竃馬, 釜風呂, 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: -

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Showing 18 common entries

Showing 18 of 19 entries that include this kanji.

窯

かま

stove

竃馬

かまどうま

camel cricket (Diestrammena apicalis)

釜風呂

かまぶろ

steam bath (often using brine)

竈

かまど

kamado

竈神

かまどがみ

tutelary deities of the hearth

お釜

おかま

(volcanic) crater

塩釜

しおがま

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

高嶺七竈

たかねななかまど

Siberian mountain ash (Sorbus sambucifolia)

四葉塩竈

よつばしおがま

Chamisso's lousewort (Pedicularis chamissonis var. japonica)

七竈

ななかまど

Japanese rowan (Sorbus commixta)

西洋七竈

せいようななかまど

rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)

炭窯

すみがま

charcoal kiln

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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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