Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

炉: hearth, furnace

Also: kiln, reactor

JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

火 carries the meaning · 戸 gives the sound

8 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ロro · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 炉心ろしんnuclear reactor core
  • 高炉こうろblast furnace
  • 原子炉げんしろatomic reactor; nuclear reactor
  • 香炉こうろcenser; incense burner
  • 暖炉だんろ
  • 溶鉱炉ようこうろ

Also read いろり, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Look at 火 and see the campfire! The central stroke is the main flame, and the side strokes are sparks dancing in the wind.”
More in the 火 fire story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
火

Also built on fire (火)

All 17
戸

Also built on door (戸)

All 9

The 戸 family reads コ (ko); 炉 is read ロ.

Also read ロ

7 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 爐 · lú

Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 炉. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 爐.

Simplified
炉 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
爐 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin lú most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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