variant of 爐|炉[lu2]

fire (火) + household (户) = hearth or stove

A hearth is essentially fire (火) kept within an enclosed household space (户). The household enclosure grounds the fire as something domestic and contained, not wild.

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HouseholdSemantic
FireSemantic

冬天里,我们围着子取暖。

dōng tiān lǐ, wǒ men wéi zhe lú zi qǔ nuǎn。

In winter, we gather around the stove to keep warm.

他在边烤火,感觉很舒服。

tā zài lú biān kǎo huǒ, gǎn jué hěn shū fú。

He is warming himself by the stove and feels very comfortable.

Words with 炉

重起炉灶

chóng qǐ lú zào

to start over from scratch (idiom)

锅炉

guō lú

boiler

镕炉

róng lú

variant of 熔爐|熔炉, smelting furnace

电炉

diàn lú

electric stove

开炉

kāi lú

to open a furnace

电磁炉

diàn cí lú

induction cooktop

香炉

xiāng lú

a censer (for burning incense)

马丁炉

mǎ dīng lú

open hearth furnace

高炉

gāo lú

blast furnace

鼓风炉

gǔ fēng lú

a blast furnace (in modern times)

出炉

chū lú

to take out of the furnace

冶炼炉

yě liàn lú

a furnace for smelting metal

More characters with 火