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炷

zhù

Character

What 炷 means

1. wick of an oil lamp
2. to burn (incense etc)
3. classifier for lit incense sticks

Words containing 炷

• 艾炷ài zhùmoxa cone
• 艾炷灸ài zhù jiǔcone moxibustion (TCM)

Characters built on 主

These share the phonetic component 主 (zhǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 注zhù(bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject…
• 住zhùto live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease…
• 驻zhùto halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)
• 柱zhùpillar
• 蛀zhùtermite; to bore (of insects)
• 拄zhǔto lean on; to prop on
• 麈zhǔleader of herd; stag

Sounds the same

Read zhù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 住to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease…
• 助to help; to assist
• 注(bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject…
• 祝to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc)…
• 著to make known; to show; to prove
• 筑five-string lute; Taiwan pr. zhú
• 驻to halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)
• 柱pillar
• 铸to cast or found metals
• 贮to store; to save; stockpile
• 蛀termite; to bore (of insects)
• 箸(literary) chopsticks