How to write 窑

窑 yáo 【名】 1. 烧砖、瓦、陶瓷器的构筑物。 [En.] A building for burning bricks, tiles, and ceramics. 2. 为采煤而凿的洞。 [En.] A hole excavated for coal mining. 3. 在坡上特为住人挖的洞。 [En.] A hole dug on a slope specifically for living. 4. 旧时称妓院。 [En.] Formerly referred to as a brothel. 【本义】: 烧砖瓦陶瓷器的灶 [En.] The original meaning: A stove for burning bricks, tiles, and ceramics. 【造字法】: 会意。从穴，从缶( fǒu)。穴，土室;缶，瓦器。表示烧制瓦器的地方。 [En.] Formation: A compound character. It includes the radicals for "hole" (穴) and "pot" (缶), indicating a place for burning pottery. 【引】 1. 《说文》：窯，烧瓦灶也。 [En.] "Shuowen Jiezi": A kiln is a stove for burning tiles. 2. 《通俗文》：陶灶曰窯。 [En.] "Tongsu Wen": A kiln for pottery is referred to as窯. 3. 《管子·七臣七主》：文采纂组者，燔功之窑也。 [En.] "Guangzi": The kiln for burning is where the composition of arts gathers. 4. 《墨子》：穴内口为灶，令如窑，令容七八员艾，左右窦皆如此。 [En.] "Mozi": The hole inside serves as a stove, similar to a kiln, designed to accommodate seven or eight pieces, with openings on both sides. 【例】 又如: 窑头土坯(窑头上未经烧制的砖瓦坯。比喻土里土气，未曾受教化的人);窑神(旧称主宰砖瓦窑的神灵);窑烟(烧制砖瓦陶瓷等的灶里冒出的烟) [En.] For example: "Kiln-head mudbrick" (unburned bricks and tiles at the kiln head; metaphorically refers to unrefined people); "Kiln deity" (the deity governing kiln bricks); "Kiln smoke" (smoke emitted from stoves burning bricks, tiles, ceramics, etc.). 窑器(陶瓷器);窑人(烧制砖瓦陶瓷器的工人);窑户(陶瓷工匠);窑务(主管陶瓷业务的机构) [En.] "Kiln vessels" (ceramics); "Kiln workers" (workers who burn bricks and ceramics); "Kiln household" (ceramic craftsmen); "Kiln affairs" (the organization managing ceramic business). 近代泛指硅酸盐工业常用的高温设备。 [En.] In modern times, it refers to hot-temperature equipment commonly used in silicate industries. 如: 竖窑;回转窑;坩埚窑 [En.] For example: vertical kilns; rotary kilns; crucible kilns. 方言。指妓院。 [En.] Dialectally refers to a brothel. 如: 窑姐(旧称娼妓);窑调(旧时在妓院里流行的小调) [En.] For example: "Kiln sister" (an old term for prostitutes); "Kiln tunes" (small tunes popular in brothels).