爐 (lú)

stove; furnace

How 爐 is written

Strokes
20
Radical
火 — fire
Traditional
爐
Simplified
炉

Components

Common words using 爐

出爐 chūlú
to take out of the furnace; fresh out of the oven; fig. newly announced
微波爐 wēibōlú
microwave oven; CL:臺|台[tai2]
壁爐 bìlú
fireplace
火爐 huǒlú
stove
烤爐 kǎolú
oven (PRC)
熔爐 rónglú
smelting furnace; forge
爐子 lúzi
stove; oven; furnace
爐火 lúhuǒ
the fire of a stove
爐火純青 lúhuǒchúnqīng
(saying) lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to daoist alchemy); fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection
鍋爐 guōlú
boiler
香爐 xiānglú
a censer (for burning incense); incense burner; thurible
回爐 huílú
to melt down; to remelt (metals); fig. to acquire new education

爐 in a sentence

瓦斯爐的火太大了,關小一點。

Wǎsīlú de huǒ tài dà le, guān xiǎo yīdiǎn.

“The fire on the gas stove is too high; turn it down a bit.”

How common is 爐?

爐 is the 1,977th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 97.1% of all running text.

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