竃

See also: 灶 and 竈

Translingual

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai character. Simplified from 竈 (黽 → ⿻日电).

Han character

竃 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+16, 21 strokes, cangjie input 十金土田山 (JCGWU), composition ⿱𥤧⿻日电)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 868, character 47
• Dae Jaweon: page 1298, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 4, page 2742, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7AC3

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 竃 – see 灶 (“kitchen range; kitchen; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 灶).

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Japanese

Shinjitai	竃
Kyūjitai	竈

Kanji

竃

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 竈)

1. hearth; kitchen stove

Readings

• Go-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: かまど (kamado, 竃); かま (kama, 竃); くど (kudo, 竃); へつい (hetsui, 竃); へっつい (hettsui, 竃)

Usage notes

This is an extended shinjitai character that was added to JIS X 0208 in 1990.