zhú

candle; (literary) to illuminate

HSK 6 #2537

Character data

HSK 6
Frequency 2537th character
Radical ⽕ (86.6)
Strokes 10
Index # 2061
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

烛 zhú
  1. 1. candle
  2. 2. (literary) to illuminate

Stroke order

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Words containing 烛

Word Meaning
candle
candle light; candle-lit (vigil etc)
candlestick; candle holder
wedding festivities (idiom)
one's late days; to have one foot in the grave
joss stick and candle
household things that burn; fire and candles
lit. candle in the wind (idiom); fig. (of sb's life) feeble
Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)
wedding night
by bright candlelight
candlestick holder; candlestand; candelabra
drop of melted wax that runs down the side of a candle
candle flame
variant of bǐng zhú
red candle (used during birthdays and other celebrations)
Candlemas (Christian Festival on 2nd February)
some people have to be pushed for them to take action
to burn the candle at both ends (idiom)
lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom)
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