Chinese symbol for “boiler”
锅炉
guō lú
Traditional: 鍋爐
boiler
The closest CC-CEDICT match for boiler is 锅炉 (guō lú), defined as: boiler.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 锅炉.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 火锅 (火鍋) | huǒ guō | hotpot; (basketball) a blocked shot; a block |
| 铁锅 (鐵鍋) | tiě guō | iron cooking pot |
| 大锅 (大鍋) | dà guō | a big wok; cauldron |
| 锅子 (鍋子) | guō zi | pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing |
| 锅盖 (鍋蓋) | guō gài | saucepan lid; (satellite) dish |
| 出炉 (出爐) | chū lú | to take out of the furnace; fresh out of the oven |
| 微波炉 (微波爐) | wēi bō lú | microwave oven; 台 (tái) |
| 火炉 (火爐) | huǒ lú | stove |
See also: Japanese symbol for “boiler”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.