烛
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candle; (literary) to illuminate
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 火 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 烛
- Common rank
- #2,327
- Unicode
- U+70DB
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Formation & memory
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Words with 烛
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 风中之烛 | lit. candle in the wind (idiom); fig. (of sb's life) feeble; hanging on a thread | |
| 风中烛，瓦上霜 | lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom); fig. (of sb's life) feeble; … | |
| 洞房花烛夜 | wedding night | |
| 蜡烛不点不亮 | some people have to be pushed for them to take action | |
| 风烛残年 | one's late days; to have one foot in the grave | |
| 洞房花烛 | bridal room and ornamented candles; wedding festivities (idiom) | |
| 圣烛节 | Candlemas (Christian Festival on 2nd February) | |
| 蜡烛两头烧 | to burn the candle at both ends (idiom); to labor under a double burden | |
| 烛光晚餐 | candlelit dinner | |
| 花烛 | wedding candles; a pair of large, red, ornately decorated candles placed in the bridal cha… | |
| 烛光 | candlelight; candlelit (vigil etc); candela, unit of luminous intensity (cd) | |
| 红烛 | red candle (used during birthdays and other celebrations) | |
| 火烛 | fire and candles; household things that burn | |
| 烛火 | candle flame | |
| 烛台 | candlestick; candle holder | |
| 香烛 | joss stick and candle | |
| 倒吊蜡烛 | Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or… | |
| 烛架 | candlestick holder; candlestand; candelabra | |
| 烛泪 | drop of melted wax that runs down the side of a candle | |
| 蜡烛 | candle; CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 虫 — compare how they read.