JLPT N1 · 8 strokes
Kanji 炉: "hearth, furnace, kiln"
The kanji 炉 means "hearth, furnace, kiln, reactor". It is written with 8 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ロ in on'yomi and いろり in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ロ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
いろり
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | hearth, furnace, kiln, reactor |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 8 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1359 of 2,501 |
Common words with 炉
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 暖炉fireplace; hearth; stove
- 炉hearth; fireplace · furnace; kiln
- 香炉censer; incense burner
- 焼却炉incinerator
- 囲炉裏sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
- 溶鉱炉smelting furnace; blast furnace
- 原子炉atomic reactor; nuclear reactor
- 動力炉nuclear power reactor
- 炉辺fireside
- 炉端fireside; hearth; by the fire
- 反応炉reactor; reacting furnace
- 廃炉decommissioning (of a nuclear reactor, furnace, incinerator etc.); decommissioned nuclear reactor (or furnace, incinerator, etc.)
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