1234567891011Keywordkilnovenpitcoal mineFrequency#3235Strokes11ReadingsyáoMnemonicAn oven 穴 where pots 缶 are fired; 缶 also provides the pronunciationStroke orderComposed of穴cave缶potteryUsed in vocabulary窑yáokiln; oven; coal pit; cave dwelling; (coll.) brothel窑洞yáodòngyaodong (a kind of cave dwelling in the Loess Plateau in northwest China)砖窑zhuānyáobrick kiln窑子yáozi(old) low-grade brothel土窑tǔyáoearthen kiln; loess cave窑姐yáojiě(dialect) prostitute窑场yáocháng(Yuan dynasty) porcelain kilns (under imperial administration)