火炉 (huǒ lú) — stove | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

stove

Measure word · 个

Examples

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Dōng tiān de shí hou, wǒ men xǐ huan wéi zhe huǒ lú qǔ nuǎn.
In winter, we like to gather around the stove to keep warm.
火炉。
Zhè ge lǎo shì huǒ lú shì yòng tiě zuò de.
This old-fashioned stove is made of iron.
火炉。
Tā zài huǒ lú shàng shāo le yì hú shuǐ.
He boiled a pot of water on the stove.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

火 means fire and 炉 means stove or furnace, so together they name a stove.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

火 is a simple drawing of a fire, with flames shown rising upward.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

火火huǒfire

Sound part声符shēngfú

盧

盧lú炉lú

Same sound today

The older form combines 火 (fire) with 盧 (lú) for its sound; the modern 炉 is a later shorthand.

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