Keyword
kitchen
- oven
- stove
- Frequency
- #3234
- Strokes
- 7
Readings
zào
Mnemonic
A clay 土 oven 火
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
灶
kitchen stove; kitchen; mess; canteen
病灶
(medicine) lesion; focus of disease; nidus
另起炉灶
lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch; back to square one; to start of on a new path
炉灶
stove
灶神
Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
灶台
stovetop; rangetop
倒灶
to fall (from power); in decline; unlucky
灶具
stove; cooker; (dialect) cooking utensils
灶君
Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen; also written 灶神
祭灶
to offer sacrifices to the kitchen god
开小灶
to give preferential treatment; to give special attention
小灶
mess hall for high-ranking cadres; (fig.) special treatment; cf. 大灶 (dàzào)
灶王爷
Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen; also written 灶神
大灶
large kitchen stove made from bricks or earth; (PRC) ordinary mess hall (lowest dining standard, ranked below 中灶 (zhōngzào) for mid-level cadres and 小灶 (xiǎozào) for the most privileged)
锅灶
stove; cooking burner
灶房
(dialect) kitchen
土灶
earthen stove; clay stove (typically wood-fired)
灶火
stove; kitchen
老虎灶
old-style large kitchen stove
灶间
(dialect) kitchen
局灶性
(medicine) focal; localized