Japanese symbol for “ingle”
炉火
ろか
Romaji: roka
hearthfire; ingle; open fire in a fireplace
In Japanese, ingle is 炉火, read ろか (roka).
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Meanings
- n hearthfire; ingle; open fire in a fireplace
Written forms: 炉火. Readings: ろか、ろび.
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暖炉 | だんろ danro | fireplace; hearth; stove |
| 炉心 | ろしん roshin | nuclear reactor core |
| 溶鉱炉 | ようこうろ youkouro | smelting furnace; blast furnace |
| 高炉 | こうろ kouro | blast furnace |
| 香炉 | こうろ kouro | censer; incense burner |
| 囲炉裏 | いろり irori | sunken hearth; sunken fireplace |
| 火災 | かさい kasai | conflagration; fire |
| 花火 | はなび hanabi | fireworks |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.