# 爐

| 爐 | U+7210, &#29200; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7210 |
| ← 爏 [U+720F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 爑 → [U+7211] |
| 爐 | U+F932, &#63794; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F932 |
| ← 櫓 [U+F931] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 盧 → [U+F933] |

## Translingual
### Han character

爐 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+16, 20 strokes, cangjie input 火卜心廿 (FYPT), four-corner 9181$_7$, composition ⿰火盧)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 686, character 31
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19566
* Dae Jaweon: page 1099, character 17
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2246, character 25
* Unihan data for U+7210
* Unihan data for U+F932

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 唬 | *qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ |
| 戲 | *qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː |
| 巇 | *qʰra |
| 隵 | *qʰra |
| 嚱 | *qʰras |
| 盧 | *b·raː |
| 鑪 | *raː |
| 壚 | *raː |
| 籚 | *raː |
| 蘆 | *raː, *ra |
| 顱 | *b·raː |
| 髗 | *b·raː |
| 鱸 | *raː |
| 攎 | *raː |
| 櫨 | *raː |
| 轤 | *raː |
| 黸 | *raː |
| 獹 | *raː |
| 鸕 | *raː |
| 艫 | *raː |
| 纑 | *raː |
| 瀘 | *raː |
| 瓐 | *raː |
| 爐 | *raː |
| 嚧 | *raː |
| 矑 | *b·raː |
| 罏 | *raː |
| 蠦 | *raː |
| 虜 | *raːʔ |
| 擄 | *raːʔ |
| 艣 | *raːʔ |
| 鐪 | *raːʔ |
| 虖 | *qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa |
| 虍 | *qʰaː |
| 雐 | *qʰʷlaː |
| 虎 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 琥 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 萀 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 臚 | *b·ra |
| 廬 | *ra |
| 驢 | *b·ra |
| 藘 | *ra |
| 爈 | *ra, *ras |
| 櫖 | *ra, *ras |
| 儢 | *raʔ |
| 慮 | *ras |
| 勴 | *ras |
| 鑢 | *ras |
| 濾 | *ras |
| 攄 | *r̥ʰa |
| 處 | *kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas |
| 豦 | *kas, *ɡa |
| 據 | *kas |
| 鐻 | *kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ |
| 澽 | *kas, *ɡas |
| 虛 | *kʰa, *qʰa |
| 墟 | *kʰa |
| 懅 | *ɡa |
| 蘧 | *ɡa, *ɡʷa |
| 籧 | *ɡa |
| 醵 | *ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ |
| 璩 | *ɡa |
| 虡 | *ɡaʔ |
| 遽 | *ɡas |
| 勮 | *ɡas |
| 噓 | *qʰa, *qʰas |
| 驉 | *qʰa |
| 歔 | *qʰa |
| 魖 | *qʰa |
| 膚 | *pla |
| 虧 | *kʰʷral |
| 噱 | *ɡaɡ |
| 臄 | *ɡaɡ |
| 劇 | *ɡaɡ |
| 諕 | *qʰʷraːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raː) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 盧 (OC *b·raː). Originally written 盧, see there for more.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): lú (lu$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nu$^2$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): лу (lu, I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lou$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lù
* Eastern Min (BUC): lù
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lô͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lou$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$lu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lú
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lú
*** Wade–Giles: lu$^2$
*** Yale: lú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lu
*** Palladius: лу (lu)
*** Sinological IPA : /lu³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: nu$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lu
*** Sinological IPA : /nu²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: лу (lu, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /lou²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lou$^4$
*** Yale: lòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lou̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lù
*** Hakka Romanization System: lu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /lu¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: lù
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃u⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô͘
*** Tâi-lô: lôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: lou$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lôu
*** Sinological IPA : /lou⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$lu
*** MiniDict: lu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$lu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lu²³/
* Middle Chinese: lu
Rime :
| Character | 爐 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 落胡切 |
| Baxter | lu |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /luo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /luo/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lo/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɔ/ |
| Li Rong | /lo/ |
| Wang Li | /lu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /luo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lou$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤa/
    (Zhengzhang): /*raː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 爐 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | lú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ lu › |
| Old Chinese | /*[r]ˁa/ |
| English | stove |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 爐 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5217 |
| Phonetic component | 虍 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 盧 |
| Old Chinese | /*raː/ |
| Notes | 見墨子 |

### Definitions

爐
* fireplace, stove, oven, furnace

#### Compounds

* 冬扇夏爐／冬扇夏炉
* 出爐／出炉 (chūlú)
* 別具爐錘／别具炉锤
* 博山香爐／博山香炉 (bóshān xiānglú)
* 原子爐／原子炉 (yuánzǐlú)
* 另起爐灶／另起炉灶 (lìngqǐlúzào)
* 回爐／回炉 (huílú)
* 回爐復帳／回炉复帐
* 圍爐／围炉 (wéilú)
* 壁爐／壁炉 (bìlú)
* 太陽爐／太阳炉
* 官法如爐／官法如炉
* 封爐／封炉
* 小爐兒匠／小炉儿匠
* 平爐／平炉
* 微波爐／微波炉 (wēibōlú)
* 手爐／手炉 (shǒulú)
* 打氣爐／打气炉
* 打箭爐／打箭炉 (Dǎjiànlú)
* 提爐／提炉
* 支爐兒／支炉儿
* 暖爐／暖炉 (nuǎnlú)
* 水火爐／水火炉
* 沽酒當爐／沽酒当炉
* 洪爐／洪炉 (hónglú)
* 洋爐／洋炉
* 洪爐燎髮／洪炉燎发 (hónglúliáofà)
* 火爐／火炉 (huǒlú)
* 炕爐子／炕炉子
* 烤爐／烤炉 (kǎolú)
* 烘爐／烘炉 (hōnglú)
* 焗爐／焗炉
* 焚化爐／焚化炉 (fénhuàlú)
* 煤氣爐／煤气炉 (méiqìlú)
* 煉焦爐／炼焦炉
* 煉鐵爐／炼铁炉
* 熔爐／熔炉 (rónglú)
* 爐公／炉公
* 爐坑／炉坑
* 爐子／炉子 (lúzi)
* 爐心／炉心
* 爐房／炉房
* 爐條／炉条 (lútiáo)
* 爐橋／炉桥 (lúqiáo)
* 爐渣／炉渣 (lúzhā)
* 爐火／炉火
* 爐火純青／炉火纯青 (lúhuǒchúnqīng)
* 爐灰／炉灰 (lúhuī)
* 爐灶／炉灶 (lúzào)
* 爐甘石／炉甘石 (lúgānshí)
* 爐石水泥／炉石水泥
* 爐神老君／炉神老君
* 爐膛／炉膛
* 爐臺／炉台
* 爐襯／炉衬
* 爐門／炉门
* 爐餅／炉饼
* 瓦斯爐／瓦斯炉 (wǎsīlú)
* 當爐／当炉
* 立鼎安爐／立鼎安炉
* 腳爐／脚炉 (jiǎolú)
* 轉化爐／转化炉
* 銀爐／银炉
* 錢爐／钱炉 (qiánlú)
* 鍋爐／锅炉 (guōlú)
* 鎔爐／镕炉 (rónglú)
* 鐵爐／铁炉 (Tiělú)
* 開爐／开炉 (kāilú)
* 電爐／电炉 (diànlú)
* 電磁爐／电磁炉 (diàncílú)
* 風爐／风炉
* 香爐／香炉 (xiānglú)
* 香爐峰／香炉峰
* 高爐／高炉 (gāolú)
* 鼓風爐／鼓风炉

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 炉 |
| Kyūjitai | 爐 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 炉)

#### Readings

* Go-on: る (ru)
* Kan-on: ろ (ro)
* Kun: いろり (irori, 爐)

## Korean
### Hanja

爐 (eumhun 화로 로 (hwaro ro), word-initial (South Korea) 화로 노 (hwaro no))
* hanja form of 로/노 (“fireplace, stove, oven, furnace”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

爐: Hán Nôm readings: lô
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
* Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
* Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999