灸
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moxibustion (TCM)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 火 +3
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 灸
- Common rank
- #3,210
- Unicode
- U+7078
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 灸
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无病自灸 | lit. to prescribe moxibustion for oneself when not ill; to cause oneself trouble with supe… | |
| 艾条温和灸 | gentle stick moxibustion (TCM) | |
| 艾条雀啄灸 | "sparrow pecking" moxibustion technique (TCM) | |
| 艾条灸 | stick moxibustion; poling (TCM) | |
| 灸法 | moxibustion (TCM) | |
| 针灸 | acupuncture and moxibustion; to give or have acupuncture and moxibustion | |
| 艾灸 | moxibustion (TCM) | |
| 砭灸术 | acupuncture and moxibustion (Chinese medicine) | |
| 艾炷灸 | cone moxibustion (TCM) | |
| 砭灸 | see 砭灸術|砭灸术[bian1 jiu3 shu4] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 久 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 久 sound part | long ago; a long time | |
| 疚 | chronic disease; guilt, remorse; sorrow | |
| 玖 | black jade; nine (bankers' anti-fraud numeral) |