镕炉
róng​lú

furnace

镕 róng fuse Simplified

A mold that holds 容 hot metal 钅; 容 also provides the pronunciation

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal
容
容 SoundMeaning component
róng contain; appearance

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

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

鎔 fuse Traditional

A mold that holds 容 hot metal 釒; 容 also provides the pronunciation

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal
容
容 SoundMeaning component
róng contain; appearance

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangloŋ

說文解字

冶器法也。从金容聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

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