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烛

zhú

HSK 6 Character Traditional 燭

What 烛 means

1. candle
2. literaryto illuminate

Example sentences

• 把蜡烛点燃。
  Bǎ làzhú diǎnrán.
  Light the candle.
• 肯点燃了蜡烛。
  Kěn diǎnrán le làzhú.
  Ken lighted the candles.
• 我很喜欢烛光。
  Wǒ hěn xǐhuan zhúguāng.
  I like candlelight.
• 蜡烛自然熄灭。
  Làzhú zìrán xīmiè.
  The candle went out by itself.
• 蜡烛自己灭了。
  The candle went out by itself.
• 他吹灭了蜡烛。
  He blew out the candle.

Words starting with 烛

• 烛光zhú guāngcandlelight; candlelit (vigil etc); candela, unit of luminous intensity (cd)
• 烛台zhú táicandlestick; candle holder
• 烛火zhú huǒcandle flame
• 烛架zhú jiàcandlestick holder; candlestand; candelabra
• 烛泪zhú lèidrop of melted wax that runs down the side of a candle
• 烛光晚餐zhú guāng wǎn cāncandlelit dinner

Words containing 烛

• 蜡烛là zhúcandle
• 红烛hóng zhúred candle (used during birthdays and other celebrations)
• 火烛huǒ zhúfire and candles; household things that burn
• 花烛huā zhúwedding candles; a pair of large, red, ornately decorated candles placed in the bridal…
• 香烛xiāng zhújoss stick and candle
• 圣烛节Shèng zhú jiéCandlemas (Christian Festival on 2nd February)
• 倒吊蜡烛dào diào là zhúWrightia tinctoria…
• 洞房花烛dòng fáng huā zhúbridal room and ornamented candles; wedding festivities (idiom)
• 风中之烛fēng zhōng zhī zhúlit. candle in the wind (idiom); fig. (of sb's life) feeble; hanging on a thread
• 风烛残年fēng zhú cán niánone's late days; to have one foot in the grave
• 洞房花烛夜dòng fáng huā zhú yèwedding night
• 蜡烛两头烧là zhú liǎng tóu shāoto burn the candle at both ends (idiom); to labor under a double burden
• 蜡烛不点不亮là zhú bù diǎn bù liàngsome people have to be pushed for them to take action
• 炳烛bǐng zhúby bright candlelight
• 风中烛，瓦上霜fēng zhōng zhú , wǎ shàng shuānglit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom); fig. (of sb's life) feeble…
• 秉烛bǐng zhúvariant of 炳烛

Characters built on 虫

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

• 独dúalone; independent; single
• 触chùto touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions
• 蛛zhū(bound form) spider
• 蝠fú(bound form) bat
• 蝴húused in 蝴蝶
• 蠕rúto squirm; to wiggle; to wriggle
• 蜀Shǔshort name for Sichuan 四川; one of the Three Kingdoms 三国
• 蛊gǔarch. legendary venomous insect; to poison; to bewitch

Characters that look like 烛

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 维wéito preserve; to maintain; to hold together
• 振zhènto shake; to flap; to vibrate
• 珠zhūbead; pearl
• 烁shuòbright; luminous
• 姝shūpretty woman
• 烩huìto braise; to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water

Sounds the same

Read zhú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 逐(bound form) to pursue; to chase; to drive away; one by one; individually
• 竹(bound form) bamboo; Kangxi radical 118
• 术various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including…
• 蠋caterpillar
• 躅used in 踯躅
• 窋in a hole
• 舳poopdeck; stern of boat
• ⺮"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)
• 瘃chilblain
• 蓫(weed); Phytolacca acinosa
• 竺surname Zhu; abbr. for 天竺; (archaic) Buddhism
• 爥old variant of 烛