Chinese symbol for “stove”
炉
lú
Traditional: 爐
stove; furnace
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stove is 炉 (lú), defined as: stove; furnace.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “stove”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 火炉 (火爐) | huǒ lú | stove |
| 炉子 (爐子) | lú zi | stove; oven |
| 炉灶 (爐灶) | lú zào | stove |
| 灶具 | zào jù | stove; cooker |
| 锅灶 (鍋灶) | guō zào | stove; cooking burner |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 炉.
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stove”.
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.