炷 — Chinese character
炷
zhù
candle wick; incense
- Pinyin
- zhù
- Radical
- 86 ⽕ (Fire)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 火 主
- Formation
- ideographic — A lit 火 candle 主; 主 also provides the pronunciation
Common words with 炷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 艾炷 | ài zhù | moxa cone |
| 艾炷灸 | ài zhù jiǔ | cone moxibustion (TCM) |
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.