Memory phrase for the character: 窑

窑

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Meaning oven, kiln

Pronunciation

yáo

Explanation

Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)

Mnemonic
 
At the top is the hole at this 'can': the oven.

Radicals

穴 cave
缶 can, jarIn Chinese this character 缶 is hardly used. Thus its meaning "can, jar" is taken from Japanese: 缶 (=かん), which means: "the can".
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 Vocabulary

窑洞 yáo dòng  yaodong (dugout used as shelter)
黑砖窑 hēi zhuān yáo  lit. black brick kiln; factories that acquired notoriety in 2007 for slave labor
窑姐儿 yáo jiěr  a prostitute
窑姐儿 yáo jiěr  

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