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炷
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candle wick

HSK 10
Human →Body
zhù
シュ
とうしん
Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 主 represents the sound. Originally written as 主, a pictograph of a torch.
Components
火 fire+ 主 main =
炷 candle wick
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
fire, flame
主 Phonetic component
zhǔ main
master, chief owner
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Notes
Similar Characters
光 ray叟 man堇 yellow尉 officer灭 wipe (simp)灰 ashes灷 tinder災 disaster (trad/jp)灾 disaster (simp)炎 inflammation炏 flame烦 bother (simp)煩 vexed (trad/jp)票 ticket秋 autumn赤 crimson伙 mate (simp)狄 tribe from northern china钬 element (simp)尞 burnt offering
Historical Evolution
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
炷
Regular
Modern
Chinese
炷 [zhù]
wick of an oil lamp; to burn (incense etc); classifier for lit incense sticks
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (2)
艾炷 [ài​zhù]
moxa cone
艾炷灸 [ài​zhù​jiǔ]
cone moxibustion (TCM)
JAPANESE WORDS (2)
薫く [たく] #111,587
to burn (usu. incense)
空薫 [そらだき] #241,188
burning incense without making its source obvious