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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)

炉膛
lútáng
furnace chamber
炉台
lútái
stove top
炉边
lúbiān
fireside
炉霍
Lúhuò
Luhuo county (Tibetan: brag 'go rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture [[甘孜藏族自治州<GānzīZàngzúzìzhìzhōu>]], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
回炉
huílú
to melt down
炉顶
lúdǐng
furnace top
融炉
rónglú
a smelting furnace
补炉
bǔlú
fettling
转炉
zhuànlú
converter (rotary furnace in steel making)
镕炉
rónglú
variant of [[熔爐|熔炉]], smelting furnace
锅炉
guōlú
boiler
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)
出炉
chūlú
to take out of the furnace
焦炉
jiāolú
coking furnace

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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