烛
candle; (literary) to illuminate
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How 烛 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
火 (semantic, “fire”) + 虫 (phonetic, chóng)
How to remember it
candle · Heisig RSH #1742
火 fire + 虫 insect
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 虫
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 虫 (chóng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 虫 sound component | chóng | insect, worm; mollusk |
| 强 | qiáng | strong, powerful, energetic |
| 独 | dú | alone, independent, only, single, solitary |
| 触 | chù | to butt, to gore, to ram; to touch |
| 融 | róng | to melt, to fuse; to blend, to harmonize |
Words containing 烛
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 风中之烛 | fēng zhōng zhī zhú | lit. candle in the wind (idiom); fig. (of sb's life) feeble; hanging on a thread |
| 风中烛，瓦上霜 | fēng zhōng zhú , wǎ shàng shuāng | lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom); fig. (of sb's life) feeble; … |
| 洞房花烛夜 | dòng fáng huā zhú yè | wedding night |
| 蜡烛不点不亮 | là zhú bù diǎn bù liàng | some people have to be pushed for them to take action |
| 风烛残年 | fēng zhú cán nián | one's late days; to have one foot in the grave |
| 洞房花烛 | dòng fáng huā zhú | bridal room and ornamented candles; wedding festivities (idiom) |
| 圣烛节 | Shèng zhú jié | Candlemas (Christian Festival on 2nd February) |
| 蜡烛两头烧 | là zhú liǎng tóu shāo | to burn the candle at both ends (idiom); to labor under a double burden |
| 烛光晚餐 | zhú guāng wǎn cān | candlelit dinner |
| 花烛 | huā zhú | wedding candles; a pair of large, red, ornately decorated candles placed in the bridal cha… |
| 烛光 | zhú guāng | candlelight; candlelit (vigil etc); candela, unit of luminous intensity (cd) |
| 红烛 | hóng zhú | red candle (used during birthdays and other celebrations) |
| 火烛 | huǒ zhú | fire and candles; household things that burn |
| 烛火 | zhú huǒ | candle flame |
| 烛台 | zhú tái | candlestick; candle holder |
| 香烛 | xiāng zhú | joss stick and candle |
| 倒吊蜡烛 | dào diào là zhú | Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or… |
| 烛架 | zhú jià | candlestick holder; candlestand; candelabra |
| 烛泪 | zhú lèi | drop of melted wax that runs down the side of a candle |
| 蜡烛 | là zhú | candle; CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1] |