窯 means “kiln”

かま · kama

Also: oven, furnace

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

かま

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ヨウ

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The story

A cave (穴) over a lamb (羔, a sheep over fire 灬): picture a hollow roaring with heat. 窯 is a kiln or brick oven: pottery towns fire their wares in 登り窯, kilns that climb a hillside, and 窯元 is the pottery workshop itself.

Used in 窯 (kama, kiln), 窯元 (kamamoto, pottery workshop), and 登り窯 (noborigama, climbing kiln)

More from Kiln & Forge

• 繕 mend
• 錬 refine
• 冶 smelt
• 璧 jade disk
• 製 manufacture
• 創 create
• 巧 skillful
• 陶 pottery
• 珠 pearl
• 匠 artisan
• 拙 clumsy
• 漆 lacquer

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.