炉 meaning and stroke order
Fireplace, furnace, oven, stove
How to write 炉, stroke by stroke
8 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 炉
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- stove
- furnace
- variant of 爐|炉[lu2]
How 炉 is built
Ideographic (compound meaning) character. A fire 火 in one's home 户.
Radical: 火 (fire), shared by 128 characters on this site.
How to remember 炉
炉 (lú) puts fire 火 on the left and a household door 户 (hù) on the right. Picture the fire that lives inside your home: the stove or fireplace.
炉 usually appears inside compound words rather than alone, such as 微波炉 (wēibōlú) microwave oven, 壁炉 (bìlú) fireplace, and 锅炉 (guōlú) boiler. In everyday speech people say 炉子 (lúzi) for a stove. Example: 面包刚出炉。(Miànbāo gāng chūlú.) The bread is fresh out of the oven.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes confuse 炉 (lú) with 庐 (lú, hut), which has the same sound and also uses 户 but sits under 广 instead of next to 火. Also remember 户 is pronounced hù, but 炉 is lú with a second tone.
Common words with 炉
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
炉 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 炉
How many strokes are in 炉?
炉 is written with 8 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 炉 mean?
炉 (lú) means fireplace, furnace, oven, stove. A common word with it is 微波炉 (wēibōlú), meaning "microwave oven".
How do you pronounce 炉?
炉 is pronounced lú, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 炉?
The radical of 炉 is 火, which carries the idea of "fire". Dictionaries list 炉 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 炉?
The traditional form of 炉 is 爐 and 鑪. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 炉 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 炉 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 炉 is part of the HSK 6 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 炉子 and 炉灶?
炉子 (lúzi) is a general word for a stove or heater, including small heating stoves. 炉灶 (lúzào) refers more specifically to a cooking range or kitchen stove.
Can 出炉 be used for things other than food?
Yes. Besides bread or steel coming out of a furnace, 出炉 is used figuratively for anything newly released, such as results, rankings, or reports. For example, 考试成绩出炉了 means the exam results are out.