烛 — Chinese character
烛
zhú
candle, taper; to illuminate, to shine
- Pinyin
- zhú
- Radical
- 86 ⽕ (Fire)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 火 虫
- Formation
- pictophonetic — fire; meaning component 火; sound component 虫
- Traditional
- 燭
Common words with 烛
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜡烛 (蠟燭) | là zhú | candle; measure word: 根 (gēn), 支 (zhī) |
| 烛光 (燭光) | zhú guāng | candlelight; candlelit (vigil etc) |
| 烛台 (燭臺) | zhú tái | candlestick; candle holder |
| 烛火 (燭火) | zhú huǒ | candle flame |
| 洞房花烛 (洞房花燭) | dòng fáng huā zhú | bridal room and ornamented candles; wedding festivities (idiom) |
| 香烛 (香燭) | xiāng zhú | joss stick and candle |
| 火烛 (火燭) | huǒ zhú | fire and candles; household things that burn |
| 花烛 (花燭) | huā zhú | wedding candles; a pair of large, red, ornately decorated candles placed in the bridal chamber during a traditional Chinese wedding night, symbolizing the union |
| 红烛 (紅燭) | hóng zhú | red candle (used during birthdays and other celebrations) |
| 风烛残年 (風燭殘年) | fēng zhú cán nián | one's late days; to have one foot in the grave |
| 秉烛 (秉燭) | bǐng zhú | variant of 炳烛 (bǐng zhú) |
| 烛泪 (燭淚) | zhú lèi | drop of melted wax that runs down the side of a candle |
English words written with 烛
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.