炬 — Chinese character
炬
jù
torch
- Pinyin
- jù
- Radical
- 86 ⽕ (Fire)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 火 巨
- Formation
- pictophonetic — fire; meaning component 火; sound component 巨
- Japanese
- 炬 as a kanji
Common words with 炬
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 火炬 | huǒ jù | (flaming) torch; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 付之一炬 | fù zhī yī jù | to put to the torch (idiom); to commit to the flames |
| 火炬手 | huǒ jù shǒu | (lit. and fig.) torchbearer |
| 蜡炬 (蠟炬) | là jù | (literary) candle |
| 氧乙炔炬 | yǎng yǐ quē jù | an oxyacetylene torch |
English words written with 炬
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.