融炉
róng​lú

furnace

融 róng melt

Components

鬲
鬲 Meaning component
gé, lì, è type of cauldron with three hollow legs

cauldron melting

虫
虫 Sound component
chóng bug, insect

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyuwngluŋ (? < *lum)hot air, steam, heat

說文解字

《說文》：“融，炊气上出也。从鬲，蟲省聲。籀文融不省。”

Sources

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

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