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燭 — 17 strokes ／ Radical「火」

道
準1University / general ／ 17 strokes ／ Radical「火」
On
ソク・ショクそく・しょく · soku · shoku
Kun
ともしびtomoshibi
Meaning
candle; lamplight

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Fire with 蜀 as phonetic: a light held in the hand.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 燭台しょくだい

    candlestick

  • 華燭かしょく

    wedding ceremony

More words with this kanji

  • 蠟燭ろうそく
  • 秉燭へいしょく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

燭台(しょくだい)の火(ひ)が風(かぜ)に揺(ゆ)れている。

The candle flame wavers in the wind.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

燭台華燭燭台stand華splend…灸moxibu…灼to bur…煉to ref…焰flame焚to bur…埴clay粟millet蝕to ero…趨to ten…仄faint
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 火Map of reading ソクAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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