roof tile

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 瓦 has 5 strokes and means roof tile. It also appears in the word for brick.
• Basic usage: 瓦 is read かわら, and 煉瓦 is read れんが.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Roof tiles and bricks
  • 割れた瓦を一枚ずつ取り替えた means replaced broken roof tiles one by one.
  • The 瓦 in 煉瓦 is read が.
  • 煉瓦を積んで refers to stacking bricks.