炉 (lú) - stove, furnace, oven, hearth & kiln

炉Tone 2

lú ｜ 8 strokes ｜ radical: 火

林伦

炉 · lú

stove, furnace, oven, hearth;

kiln

stove, furnace, oven, hearthkiln

Usage highlights

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Synonyms

  • 灶— cooking stove, kitchen range
  • 窑— kiln (especially for ceramics)
  • 熔炉— smelting furnace, crucible

Antonyms

  • 冰— ice (cold vs. furnace heat)
  • 冷— cold (opposite of furnace warmth)

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The kitchen stove (炉子) needs cleaning.
  • Traditional Chinese medicine uses moxibustion (艾灸) over a moxa burner (艾炉).
  • Industrial furnaces (工业炉) operate at high temperatures.
  • The teapot is kept warm on a tea warmer (暖炉).

Collocations

  • stove(炉子)
  • furnace(炉子/熔炉)
  • oven(烤炉)
  • hearth(炉床)
  • kiln(窑炉)
  • brazier(火炉)

Idioms

  • To rebuild from the ashes(另起炉灶)
  • A furnace of pure gold tests true gold(真金不怕火炉炼)
  • A furnace and a cauldron—intense heat(炉火纯青)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Historically central to Chinese life for cooking, heating, and metalworking.
  • Incense burners (香炉) are important in Buddhist and Daoist rituals.
  • Metaphorically represents a place of refinement or testing, as in 炉火纯青 (peak of perfection).

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