灶

zào

z+ào·4th tone

kitchen stove

Radical: 火 Strokes: 7

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

火灵烟灰灯炎烦灭烂烧炮灾

Same radical

火灵烟灰灯炎烦灭烂烧炮灾炉烛焚

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Character Decomposition

灶=火+土

Etymology

A clay 土 oven 火

Meanings

kitchen stove

kitchen; mess; canteen

zào

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Words with 灶 154 total

(medicine) lesion; focus of disease; nidus病灶bìng zào to fall (from power) · in decline · unlucky倒灶dǎo zào to surpass one's father跨灶kuà zào stove炉灶lú zào

Idioms with 灶 12 total Chain

lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch · back to square one · to start of on a new path另起炉灶lìng qǐ lú zào to start over from scratch (idiom)重起炉灶chóng qǐ lú zào