灶 Stroke Order

灶 竈 zào 名词 【本义】: 用砖石等砌成，供烹煮食物、烧水的设备 [Primary Meaning]: A device made of bricks and stones for cooking food and boiling water. 1. 同本义 ([En.] kitchen range) [1. Same primary meaning (kitchen range)] 2. 烧炼或锻造的设备 ([En.] forge) [2. A device for smelting or forging (forge)] 3. 灶神 ([En.] kitchen god) [3. Kitchen god (kitchen deity)] 【造字法】: 会意。从火从土。繁体从穴，鼀( cù)声。 [Character Formation]: A pictophonetic combination, meaning derived from fire and earth. Traditional form derives from a cave, with sound resembling (cù). 引文: 1. 《说文》：灶，炊穴也。 [1. Says: "Zao, a cooking cavity."] 2. 《白虎通·五祀》：灶者，火之主。人所以自养也。 [2. "The stove, the master of fire, is how people sustain themselves."] 3. 《汉书·五行志》：灶烟阳。 [3. "Smoke from the stove is yang."] 4. 《礼记·郊特牲》：灶者，老妇之祭也。 [4. "The stove is also a sacrifice for elder women."] 5. 陶渊明《归园田居》：井灶有遗处，桑竹残朽株。 [5. Tao Yuanming: "The well and stove have places left behind, with mulberries and bamboos remaining."] 例子： 如: 灶床脚(紧靠炉灶旁边的地面); 锅灶; 行军灶; 灶妄(掌炉煮饭的婢女); 灶下养(厨役，古代对厨师的贱称); 灶燎(上灶头烧火) [Examples: e.g., the ground next to the stove; pot stove; field kitchen; a maid in charge of cooking; a servant in charge of the kitchen (a derogatory term for ancient cooks); lighting a fire at the stove.] 其他意义: 1. 烧炼或锻造的设备 ([En.] forge) [1. A device for smelting or forging (forge)] 例子： 如: 灶地(设灶制盐的地方); 灶税(古代制盐人家所交纳的税) [Examples: e.g., a place set for refining salt; tax paid by families making salt in ancient times.] 3. 灶神 ([En.] kitchen god) [3. Kitchen god (kitchen deity)] 引文： 1. 蔡邕《独断》：夏为太阳，其气长养，祀之于灶。 [1. Cai Yong: "Summer, representing the sun, nurtures warmth, offering worship at the stove."] 2. 鲁迅《彷徨·祝福》：接着一声钝响，是送灶的爆竹。 [2. Lu Xun: "Following a dull sound, it was the fireworks for sending off the kitchen god."] 例子： 如: 灶王(也称“灶王爷”，灶神的俗称); 灶公(灶神的俗称。相传灶神上天奏事直言不讳，因喻正直的人); 灶马(木刻印刷在纸上的灶神像; 灶神的坐骑) [Examples: e.g., Kitchen King (also called "Lord of the Kitchen," a colloquial term for the kitchen god); Kitchen Lord (a colloquial term for the kitchen god, said to be straightforward in celestial matters, thus metaphorically representing honesty); Kitchen Horse (a woodblock print of the kitchen god's image; the kitchen god's mount)]