灶
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kitchen stove; kitchen; mess; canteen
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How 灶 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A clay 土 oven 火
How to remember it
cooking stove · Heisig RSH #1548
火 fire + 土 soil
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 灶
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 开小灶 | kāi xiǎo zào | to give preferential treatment; to give special attention |
| 分灶吃饭 | fēn zào chī fàn | "meals prepared at separate stoves", slogan of the program of fiscal decentralization that… |
| 灶神星 | Zào shén xīng | Vesta, an asteroid, second most massive object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupit… |
| 吃小灶 | chī xiǎo zào | to be given special treatment; to be treated in a favored way |
| 局灶性 | jú zào xìng | (medicine) focal; localized |
| 老虎灶 | lǎo hǔ zào | old-style large kitchen stove |
| 重起炉灶 | chóng qǐ lú zào | to start over from scratch (idiom) |
| 大灶 | dà zào | large kitchen stove made from bricks or earth; (PRC) ordinary mess hall (lowest dining sta… |
| 中灶 | zhōng zào | mess hall for mid-level cadres; cf. 大灶[da4 zao4] |
| 灶马 | zào mǎ | camel cricket |
| 小灶 | xiǎo zào | mess hall for high-ranking cadres; (fig.) special treatment; cf. 大灶[da4 zao4] |
| 家灶 | jiā zào | hearth |
| 灶眼 | zào yǎn | stovetop burner |
| 灶神 | Zào shén | Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen |
| 病灶 | bìng zào | (medicine) lesion; focus of disease; nidus |
| 灶火 | zào huo | stove; kitchen |
| 灶台 | zào tái | stovetop; rangetop |
| 土灶 | tǔ zào | earthen stove; clay stove (typically wood-fired) |
| 灶间 | zào jiān | (dialect) kitchen |
| 灶王 | Zào wáng | Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen; also written 灶神 |