炉 lú fireplace
fireplace; furnace; oven; stove
怎么记住“炉”: 火 fire + 户 door = fireplace. A fire crackles in the black iron box by the kitchen door, and Grandpa tells the city kids "That's my fireplace, all in one!"
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
originally 火 + 盧
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
炉 = 火 fire + 户 door
- 火 fire meaning
- 户 door shape only
A fire crackles in the black iron box by the kitchen door, and Grandpa tells the city kids "That's my fireplace, all in one!"
How it came to be
In the full form, fire gives the meaning and a second part the sound; the modern form comes from a popular, simpler way of writing it.
用法
- A stove/furnace/oven: 火炉 (huǒlú) stove, 炉子 (lúzi) a stove, 锅炉 (guōlú) a boiler, 微波炉 (wēibōlú) microwave.
- 炉火纯青 (lúhuǒ-chúnqīng), the furnace fire turned pure blue-hot, means to have reached mastery/perfection in a craft.