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炷 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「火」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「火」
On
シュしゅ · shu
Kun
とうしんtōshin
Meaning
a lamp wick

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Fire 火 with 主 as phonetic: a lamp wick, and to burn incense.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 一炷いっちゅう

    one stick of incense

  • 炷とうしん

    a lamp wick

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

一(いち)炷(しゅ)の香(こう)を焚(た)いて座(すわ)る。

They burn one stick of incense and sit.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

一炷炷一one炒to sti…炙to bro…炸to exp…炬a torc…炮to roa…戍to gua…侏short…茱used…娶to tak…娵bride
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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