炉(lú)

HSK 68 strokesTrad. 爐

stove

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Character information

Pinyin
lú
Meaning
stove; furnace
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
爐

Origin & structure

Where 炉 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰火户

A fire 火 in one's home 户

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

火huǒ户hù

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form 爐: A fire 火 in one's home 盧

How to write 炉 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 炉

Common words using 炉 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

wēi微bō波lú炉
HSK 6

microwave oven

Open 微波炉 page →
lú炉zǐ子
HSK 7-9

stove

Open 炉子 page →
lú炉zào灶
HSK 7-9

stove

Open 炉灶 page →
chū出lú炉

to take out of the furnace; fresh out of the oven; fig. newly announced; re…

Open 出炉 page →
sī司lú炉

stoker (worker operating a coal fire, esp. for a steam engine)

Open 司炉 page →
huí回lú炉

to melt down; to remelt (metals); fig. to acquire new education; to bake ag…

Open 回炉 page →
fǎn反yìng应lú炉

(nuclear etc) reactor

Open 反应炉 page →
lìng另qǐ起lú炉zào灶

lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch

Open 另起炉灶 page →

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丧串乌乳予井亡仓

From 炉’s common words

微波子灶出司回反

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