Chinese symbol for “kiln”
窑
yáo
Traditional: 窯
kiln; oven; coal pit; cave dwelling
The closest CC-CEDICT match for kiln is 窑 (yáo), defined as: kiln; oven; coal pit; cave dwelling; (coll.) brothel.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “kiln”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 窑.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 窑洞 (窯洞) | yáo dòng | yaodong (a kind of cave dwelling in the Loess Plateau in northwest China); measure word: 孔 (kǒng) |
| 砖窑 (磚窯) | zhuān yáo | brick kiln |
| 窑子 (窯子) | yáo zi | (old) low-grade brothel |
| 土窑 (土窯) | tǔ yáo | earthen kiln; loess cave |
| 窑姐 (窯姐) | yáo jiě | (dialect) prostitute |
| 窑场 (窰場) | yáo cháng | (Yuan dynasty) porcelain kilns (under imperial administration) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “kiln”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.