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灶 is the standard character for a kitchen stove or furnace. It originated as a simplified form of the complex traditional character 竈, which depicted a cavity and a toad-like creature linked to earthen hearths. The modern character combines the fire radical 火 and the earth radical 土, straightforwardly representing a clay oven with a fire inside, the typical construction of traditional rural cooking stoves. It designates the physical cooking apparatus, not the kitchen or culinary arts in general. The character also carries cultural significance due to the Kitchen God, a folk deity believed to dwell in the family stove and observe household behavior.
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厨房里有一个灶台。
煤气灶点火很方便。
奶奶用旧灶烧水。
灶上的锅已经热了。
清洁灶具时要小心。
现代厨房大多用电灶。
灶神是厨房的传统信仰。
他们正在安装新的嵌入式灶具。
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