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炉
爐
lú
1. stove
2. furnace
Very Common • Top 5%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

炉
lú
fireplace, furnace, oven, stove
HSK 6 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

出炉
chūlú
to take out of the furnace
司炉
sīlú
stoker (worker operating a coal fire, esp. for a steam engine)
回炉
huílú
to melt down
地炉
dìlú
fire pit
壁炉
bìlú
fireplace
暖炉
nuǎnlú
space heater
洪炉
hónglú
great furnace (metaphor for a place where character is forged)
火炉
huǒlú
stove
烘炉
hōnglú
oven
烤炉
kǎolú
oven (PRC)
焦炉
jiāolú
coking furnace
煅炉
duànlú
forge
熔炉
rónglú
smelting furnace
炉子
lúzi
stove
炉床
lúchuáng
hearth
炉架
lújià
grate
炉渣
lúzhā
furnace slag
炉火
lúhuǒ
the fire of a stove
炉灶
lúzào
stove
HSK 6
炉膛
lútáng
furnace chamber

Alternate Entries

炉
lú
variant of [[爐|炉<lú>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,979
Word Frequency Rank
4,153 of 84,292

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