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灶
竈
zào
1. variant of [[灶<zào>]]
Common • Top 21% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

灶
zào
kitchen, oven, stove
HSK 6 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

病灶
bìngzào
focus (of infection)
祭灶
jìzào
to offer sacrifices to the kitchen god
大灶
dàzào
big stove
跨灶
kuàzào
to surpass one's father
家灶
jiāzào
hearth
灶具
zàojù
stove
灶君
Zàojūn
Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
灶王
Zàowáng
Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
倒灶
dǎozào
to fall (from power)
灶眼
zàoyǎn
stovetop burner
灶神
Zàoshén
Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
锅灶
guōzào
stove
灶间
zàojiān
kitchen (dialect)
灶马
zàomǎ
camel cricket
炉灶
lúzào
stove
HSK 6
开小灶
kāixiǎozào
lit. to turn on a private oven
灶王爷
Zàowángyé
Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
灶神星
Zàoshénxīng
Vesta, an asteroid, second most massive object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, discovered in 1807 by H.W. Olbers
老虎灶
lǎohǔzào
old-style large kitchen stove
重起炉灶
chóngqǐlúzào
to start over from scratch (idiom)

Alternate Entries

灶
zào
kitchen stove / kitchen

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,690
Word Frequency Rank
17,356 of 84,292