This character 缶 is rarely used in Chinese. The meaning of this radical is borrowed from Japanese: 缶 (=かん) = box. It is understood as a pestle 午 in a mortar 凵. As the pestle 午 in the mortar is vertical, it has the meaning “noon” [wǔ], as the sun is then also vertical.
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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
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