懂中文 Dong Chinese

窯

yáo

kiln

An oven 穴 where lamb 羔 is cooked; 羔 also provides the pronunciation

Components
穴 meaning component

穴  Meaning component

xué

  

cave

羔 sound,meaning component

羔  Sound Meaning component

gāo

  

lamb

Evolution

窯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
窯 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
窯 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

窑 (窯) 

yáo

kiln; coal mine pit; oven; coal pit; cave dwelling; (coll.) brothel

Most common words with 窯
Freq.
Word
Meaning

窑

kiln

土窑

earthen kiln

窑洞

CL:孔[kǒng]

窑子

(old) low-grade brothel

窑姐

(dialect) prostitute