Kanji Detail for 炉 - "furnace, hearth, fireplace"

炉

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning

炉 means "furnace, hearth, fireplace."
1. Furnace - A device for heating.
2. Hearth - The floor of a fireplace.
3. Fireplace - A place for fire in a home.
Words using 炉
- 原子炉げんしろ atomic reactor; nuclear reactor
- 炉心ろしん nuclear reactor core
- 高炉こうろ blast furnace
Four-character idioms with 炉
- 夏炉冬扇かろとうせん summer fires and winter fans; useless things
- 炉辺談話ろへんだんわ fireside chat
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- Verified meaning: furnace, hearth, fireplace
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

hearth; furnace; kiln; reactor

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

fireplace, stove, oven, furnace

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

stove; furnace

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

fireplace, furnace, oven, stove
Onyomi

ro(ロ)
Kunyomi

irori(いろり)
Strokes

8 strokes
Radical

火灬 (hi・hihen・rekka・renga)
Related Keywords

furnace hearth fireplace brazier firepot kiln boiler forge oven fuel heating chimney incinerator

家は田舎にありましたけれども、二｜里ばかり隔たった市、――その市には叔父が住んでいたのです、――その市から時々道具屋が懸物だの、香炉だのを持って、わざわざ父に見せに来ました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
家は田舎にありましたけれども、二｜里ばかり隔たった市、――その市には叔父が住んでいたのです、――その市から時々道具屋が懸物だの、香炉だのを持って、わざわざ父に見せに来ました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha