Read Edit View history 烛 zhú HSK7 candle Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 虫 represents the sound. Simplified form of 燭. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhú × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 烛 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 燭 ×烛 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 烛 Simp strokes 烛 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 烛 Simp strokes 烛 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 烛 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 141, 601 ], [ 120, 402 ] ], [ [ 382, 674 ], [ 406, 631 ], [ 299, 525 ] ], [ [ 218, 800 ], [ 279, 750 ], [ 258, 301 ], [ 208, 168 ], [ 90, 73 ] ], [ [ 294, 330 ], [ 389, 231 ] ], [ [ 409, 543 ], [ 453, 494 ], [ 493, 329 ] ], [ [ 471, 539 ], [ 753, 580 ], [ 803, 543 ], [ 761, 424 ] ], [ [ 515, 358 ], [ 727, 407 ], [ 795, 400 ] ], [ [ 557, 806 ], [ 622, 754 ], [ 603, 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869,78Q885,87 884,132Q885,195 738,312Q731,319 726,308Q722,295 729,283Q745,258 762,227C772,211 772,211 777,203Z" ] } 10 strokes 烛 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 142, 593 ], [ 145, 498 ], [ 131, 410 ] ], [ [ 387, 670 ], [ 404, 639 ], [ 303, 536 ] ], [ [ 223, 795 ], [ 242, 785 ], [ 275, 750 ], [ 275, 576 ], [ 259, 300 ], [ 238, 227 ], [ 195, 149 ], [ 159, 112 ], [ 87, 69 ] ], [ [ 293, 329 ], [ 309, 310 ], [ 360, 276 ], [ 383, 241 ] ], [ [ 412, 541 ], [ 441, 520 ], [ 450, 502 ], [ 491, 335 ] ], [ [ 469, 540 ], [ 488, 530 ], [ 630, 554 ], [ 724, 579 ], [ 747, 580 ], [ 768, 573 ], [ 797, 546 ], [ 765, 450 ], [ 741, 436 ] ], [ [ 511, 357 ], [ 527, 370 ], [ 720, 406 ], [ 790, 400 ] ], [ [ 567, 798 ], [ 619, 757 ], [ 622, 729 ], [ 613, 212 ], [ 596, 192 ] ], [ [ 381, 134 ], [ 429, 114 ], [ 444, 115 ], [ 689, 191 ], [ 754, 209 ], [ 769, 206 ] ], [ [ 735, 301 ], [ 805, 214 ], [ 845, 151 ], [ 856, 123 ], [ 857, 80 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 130 593 Q 123 526 104 463 Q 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544 525 596 533 L 640 541 Q 673 548 710 555 Q 737 562 747 550 Q 757 541 754 522 Q 745 473 733 430 C 725 401 772 391 782 419 Z", "M 638 372 Q 701 382 788 390 Q 798 391 800 400 Q 800 407 782 419 L 733 430 Q 721 430 639 408 L 596 399 Q 545 390 503 383 C 473 378 476 352 506 351 Q 516 350 527 352 Q 555 359 596 365 L 638 372 Z", "M 634 195 Q 635 286 638 372 L 639 408 Q 639 475 640 541 L 641 573 Q 641 654 663 764 Q 666 776 644 791 Q 607 810 580 814 Q 562 818 554 808 Q 547 799 555 784 Q 591 732 591 698 Q 594 632 595 563 L 596 533 Q 597 469 596 399 L 596 365 Q 595 278 590 184 C 588 154 634 165 634 195 Z", "M 762 227 Q 701 212 634 195 L 590 184 Q 521 169 447 153 Q 422 146 382 150 Q 369 149 366 139 Q 362 124 372 115 Q 394 96 429 73 Q 439 69 453 78 Q 502 108 741 188 Q 760 195 777 203 C 804 215 791 234 762 227 Z", "M 777 203 Q 846 79 852 74 Q 859 70 869 78 Q 885 87 884 132 Q 885 195 738 312 Q 731 319 726 308 Q 722 295 729 283 Q 745 258 762 227 L 777 203 Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations 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