lú
stove, fireplace
Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 盧 represents the sound.
Evolution
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 爐
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
stove | ||
microwave oven | ||
fresh out of the oven | ||
stove | ||
fireplace |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[r]ˤa | lu | lú | stove |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 11.8212% of movies
1885th most common character in movies
1980th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 20 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+7210 |
Sources
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