Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 蜀 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (燭)
Simplified (烛)
Notes
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Historical Evolution
烛
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
烛
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
烛
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
烛
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
烛
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
烛
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
烛
Regular
Modern
Chinese
烛 / 燭 [zhú]
candle; (literary) to illuminate
Japanese
noun
- light; lamp
- obsolete unit of luminous intensity (approx. 1.0067 candela)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
燭 しき
Shiki unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (20)
蜡烛 [làzhú] #3,983
candle
烛光 [zhúguāng] #14,726
candle light
烛台 [zhútái] #16,664
candlestick
香烛 [xiāngzhú] #56,297
joss stick and candle
洞房花烛 [dòngfánghuāzhú] #43,238
bridal room and ornamented candles
红烛 [hóngzhú] #42,832
red candle (used during birthdays and other celebrations)
风烛残年 [fēngzhúcánnián] #53,739
one's late days
火烛 [huǒzhú] #68,515
fire and candles
秉烛 [bǐngzhú] #51,648
variant of 炳燭|炳烛[bǐngzhú]
风中之烛 [fēngzhōngzhīzhú] #64,002
lit. candle in the wind (idiom)
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JAPANESE WORDS (17)
⭐ 蝋燭 [ろうそく] #13,520
candle
燭台 [しょくだい] #16,331
candlestick
⭐ 灯火 [とうか] #20,338
light
手燭 [てしょく] #51,834
portable candlestick
燭光 [しょっこう] #93,752
candlepower
華燭 [かしょく] #131,404
bright light
雷魚 [らいぎょ] #135,467
blotched snakehead (Channa maculata)
裸蝋燭 [はだかろうそく] #135,729
naked candle
ろうそく立て [ろうそくたて] #136,806
candle holder
華燭の典 [かしょくのてん] #151,231
wedding ceremony
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KOREAN WORDS (1)