kitchen stove; cooking range

Animated Stroke Order 灶

灶 stroke order svg

Stroke Order Diagrams 灶

灶 stroke order diagram

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
ma
zài
zào
tái
shàng
zuò
fàn

Mom is cooking on the kitchen stove.

2
men
měi
nián
dōu
bài
zào
shén

We worship the kitchen god every year.

3
zhè
ge
méi
zào
huǒ
hěn
wàng

This gas stove has strong firepower.

4
zhè
shì
zào

This is a stove.

5
zài
zào
shàng
zuò
fàn

Mom is cooking on the stove.

6
men
jiā
de
zào
huài
le
yào
xiū

The stove in our house is broken and needs to be repaired.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes7
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#2528
Zhuyinㄗㄠˋ
Components
UnicodeU+7076
CangjieGHS
☯️

Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

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