灶
zào HSK7

kitchen stove

A clay 土 oven 火

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsluːɡs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

竈 zào furnace Traditional

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave

hole

鼀
鼀 Sound component

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsawH[ts]ˤuk-s cooking-place, stove

說文解字

《說文》：“穴黽，炊竈也。从穴，鼀省聲。，竈或不省。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)