炉渣
lú​zhā

ashes

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

渣 zhā refuse

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 查 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

查
查 Sound component
chá investigate

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsraː

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