Chinese symbol for “hob”
炉台
lú tái
Traditional: 爐臺
stove top; hob
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hob is 炉台 (lú tái), defined as: stove top; hob.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 炉台.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 出炉 (出爐) | chū lú | to take out of the furnace; fresh out of the oven |
| 锅炉 (鍋爐) | guō lú | boiler |
| 微波炉 (微波爐) | wēi bō lú | microwave oven; 台 (tái) |
| 火炉 (火爐) | huǒ lú | stove |
| 炉子 (爐子) | lú zi | stove; oven |
| 熔炉 (熔爐) | róng lú | smelting furnace; forge |
| 平台 (平臺) | píng tái | platform; terrace |
| 电视台 (電視台) | diàn shì tái | television station |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hob”.
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.