Chinese Character 烛 Meanings and components.

Form

烛

Meaning

烛 meaning[3] in English

Candle.

(Literary) To Illuminate.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 烛 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Huo (火) , and lower form of … (虫)

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

In cangjie it is written with FLMI

How to write 烛

To write烛zhu2candle you should write a combination of 火huo3surname Huo , 虫chong2lower form … arranged in a 吅 shape:

火 + 虫 = 烛

烛 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

烛
Pinyin:zhu2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Candle . (Literary) To Illuminate
火
Pinyin:huo3
Meaning[3]: Surname Huo
虫
Pinyin:chong2
Meaning[3]: Lower Form Of Animal Life, Including Insects, Insect Larvae, Worms And Similar Creatures . Cl:條|条[Tiao2],隻|只[Zhi1] . (Fig.) Person With A Particular Undesirable Characteristic

Notes

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

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

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