Chinese Character 炷 Meanings and components.

Form

炷

Meaning

炷 meaning[3] in English

Wick Of An Oil Lamp.

To Burn (Incense Etc).

Classifier For Lit Incense Sticks.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 炷 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Huo (火) , and owner (主)

Its radical[1] is: 火 (huo3) which means: Surname Huo, .火huo3surname Huo

In cangjie it is written with FYG

How to write 炷

To write炷zhu4wick of … you should write a combination of 火huo3surname Huo , 主zhu3owner arranged in a 吅 shape:

火 + 主 = 炷

炷 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 炷 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 炷, looks as follow:

炷
Pinyin:zhu4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Wick Of An Oil Lamp . To Burn (Incense Etc) . Classifier For Lit Incense Sticks
火
Pinyin:huo3
Meaning[3]: Surname Huo
主
Pinyin:zhu3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Owner . Master . Host . Individual Or Party Concerned . God . Lord . Main . To Indicate Or Signify . Trump Card (In Card Games)
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
王
Pinyin:wang2
Meaning[3]: Surname Wang

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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