另起炉灶
lìng​qǐ​lú​zào

start over

另 lìng (bones), another

Original meaning: bones

Variant of 冎. Pictograph of bones. Based on the original meaning "bones". The meaning later shifted to "separate", "other" and "another".

Component uses

Iconic (1)

别

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

拐

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangreːŋs

Sources

Character origin
The Outlier Linguistics Dictionary of Chinese Characters
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

起 qǐ go up

Phonosemantic compound. 走 represents the meaning and 己 represents the sound.

Components

走
走 Meaning component
zǒu walk
己
己 Sound component
jǐ self

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhiXC.qʰ(r)əʔ rise (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“起，能立也。从走，巳聲。，古文起，从辵。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

炉 lú stove, fireplace Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 户 represents the sound. Simplified form of 爐.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
户
户 Sound component
hù, hu door

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

灶 zào kitchen stove

A clay 土 oven 火

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsluːɡs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

爐 lú stove, fireplace Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 盧 represents the sound.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
盧
盧 Sound component
rice vessel

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlu[r]ˤa stove

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica