炉

lú

stove · furnace

Radical: 火 Strokes: 8

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

火灵烟灰灯炎烦灭烂烧炮灾

Same radical

火灵烟灰灯炎烦灭烂烧炮灾烛灶焚

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Character Decomposition

炉=火+户

Etymology

A fire 火 in one's home 户

Meanings

stove

furnace

lú

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Words with 炉 183 total

blast furnace高炉gāo lú fireplace壁炉bì lú fire pit地炉dì lú oven烘炉hōng lú coking furnace焦炉jiāo lú to take out of the furnace · fresh out of the oven · fig. newly announced · recently made available出炉chū lú to melt down · to remelt (metals) · fig. to acquire new education · to bake again回炉huí lú

Idioms with 炉 11 total Chain

lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch · back to square one · to start of on a new path另起炉灶lìng qǐ lú zào (lit.) the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom) · (fig.) (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection炉火纯青lú huǒ chún qīng to start over from scratch (idiom)重起炉灶chóng qǐ lú zào

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