燭
See also: 烛
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Translingual
Han character
燭 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 火田中戈 (FWLI), four-corner 96827, composition ⿰火蜀)
References
- KangXi: page 685, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19480
- Dae Jaweon: page 1098, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2241, character 2
- Unihan data for U+71ED
Chinese
| trad. | 燭 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 烛* | |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (蜀) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 襡 | *toːʔ, *toːɡs, *doːʔ, *doːɡ, *djoɡ |
| 噣 | *toːɡs, *tuɡs, *rtoːɡ, *tjoɡ |
| 斣 | *toːɡs |
| 歜 | *sdoːmʔ, *tʰjoɡ |
| 斀 | *rtoːɡ |
| 孎 | *rtoːɡ, *toɡ |
| 濁 | *rdoːɡ |
| 鐲 | *rdoːɡ, *zroːɡ, *djoɡ |
| 鸀 | *rdoːɡ, *tjoɡ |
| 擉 | *sʰroːɡ |
| 獨 | *doːɡ |
| 髑 | *doːɡ |
| 韣 | *doːɡ, *tjoɡ, *djoɡ |
| 斸 | *toɡ |
| 钃 | *toɡ |
| 欘 | *toɡ |
| 躅 | *doɡ |
| 蠋 | *doɡ, *tjoɡ |
| 燭 | *tjoɡ |
| 囑 | *tjoɡ |
| 矚 | *tjoɡ |
| 屬 | *tjoɡ, *djoɡ |
| 属 | *tjoɡ, *djoɡ |
| 蠾 | *tjoɡ, *djoɡ |
| 觸 | *tʰjoɡ |
| 臅 | *tʰjoɡ |
| 觕 | *sʰlaː, *zlaːʔ, *tʰjoɡ |
| 蜀 | *djoɡ |
Etymology
Compare Tibetan དུགས་པ (dugs pa, “to make warm, to warm, to light”) and Burmese တောက် (tauk, “to shine, to illuminate, to make fire”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
燭
- candle; taper
- to shine; to illuminate
- 明哲煌煌，旁燭無疆，遜於不虞，以保天命，譔《問明》。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Yang Xiong, Fa Yan (Exemplary Sayings), 9 CE
- Míngzhé huáng huáng, páng zhú wújiāng, xùn yú bùyú, yǐ bǎo tiānmìng, quán “wèn míng”. [Pinyin]
- When wisdom is splendid and bright, shining everywhere without limit, one may avoid unforeseen dangers and protect his Heaven-decreed destiny. Thus, I have written "Asking about Seeing Clearly."
明哲煌煌，旁烛无疆，逊于不虞，以保天命，撰《问明》。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) candlepower (unit)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 蠟燭 (“candle”) [map]
Compounds
Descendants
- → Bouyei: xugt (“candle”)
Japanese
Kanji
燭
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 燭 |
| しょく Jinmeiyō |
| kan’on |
Korean
Hanja
燭 • (chok) (hangeul 촉)
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Vietnamese
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