Chinese symbol for “candlestick”
烛台
zhú tái
Traditional: 燭臺
candlestick; candle holder
The closest CC-CEDICT match for candlestick is 烛台 (zhú tái), defined as: candlestick; candle holder.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “candlestick”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 烛台.
| 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 |
| 平台 (平臺) | píng tái | platform; terrace |
| 电视台 (電視台) | diàn shì tái | television station |
| 电台 (電臺) | diàn tái | transmitter-receiver; broadcasting station |
See also: Japanese symbol for “candlestick”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.