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窑 (yáo)
1. A structure for firing bricks, tiles, and ceramics.
烧砖、瓦、陶瓷器的构筑物。
2. A hole dug for coal mining.
为采煤而凿的洞。
3. A hole specially dug for living on a slope.
在坡上特为住人挖的洞。
4. An old term for a brothel.
旧时称妓院。
《本义》: 烧砖瓦陶瓷器的灶
【Base Meaning】: A furnace for firing bricks, tiles, and ceramics.
【造字法】: 会意。从穴,从缶(fǒu)。穴,土室; 缶,瓦器。表示烧制瓦器的地方。
【Character Creation Method】: A compound character; it consists of '穴' (a hole) and '缶' (a jar). Represents the place for firing ceramics.
1. 同本义 ([En.] kiln)
Same as the base meaning ([En.] kiln).
2. 指陶瓷器 ([En.] pottery; earthenware).
Refers to pottery ([En.] pottery; earthenware).
3. 近代泛指硅酸盐工业常用的高温设备 ([En.] hot-temperature equipment).
Commonly refers to high-temperature equipment used in the silicate industry.
4. 方言。指妓院 ([En.] brothel).
In dialects, refers to a brothel ([En.] brothel).
【引】
1. 《说文》:窯,烧瓦灶也。
"Shuowen": A kiln for firing tiles.
2. 《通俗文》:陶灶曰窯。
"Common text": A furnace for ceramics is called a kiln.
3. 《管子·七臣七主》:文采纂组者,燔功之窑也。
"Guanzi": Those who are skilled in writing come from the furnace of burning works.
4. 《墨子》:穴内口为灶,令如窑,令容七八员艾,左右窦皆如此。
"Mozi": The inner hole serves as a furnace, shaped like a kiln, accommodating several items.
【例】
又如: 窑头土坯 (unfired bricks and tiles from the kiln; metaphor for uncultured people); 窑神 (the deity overseeing tile kilns); 窑烟 (smoke emitted from the furnace for firing bricks and ceramics).
如: 窑器 (ceramics); 窑人 (workers who fire bricks and ceramics); 窑户 (ceramic craftsmen); 窑务 (an organization in charge of ceramic operations).
如: 竖窑; 回转窑; 坩埚窑 (examples of hot-temperature equipment).
如: 窑姐 (an old term for prostitutes); 窑调 (popular tunes in brothels in the past).