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zhú

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zhú Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhú | zhu2
English translation
candle, taper; to illuminate, to shine

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About zhú

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

zhú

Contains the radical

Huǒ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

fire

Etymology of zhú

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

火蜀

Semantic compound

Huǒ

Phonetic compound

shǔ

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Huǒ represents the meaning and chóng represents the sound. Simplified form of zhú .

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Words with zhú

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
蜡烛 làzhú candle蠟燭
烛光 zhú guāng candle light燭光
zhú candle zhú
烛台 zhú tái candlestick燭臺
香烛 xiāng zhú joss stick and candle香燭
洞房花烛 dòng fáng huā zhú bridal room and ornamented candles洞房花燭
红烛 hóng zhú red candle (used during birthdays and other celebrations)紅燭
风烛残年 fēng zhú cán nián one's late days風燭殘年
火烛 huǒ zhú fire and candles火燭
秉烛 bǐng zhú by bright candlelight秉燭
风中之烛 fēng zhōng zhī zhú lit. candle in the wind (idiom)風中之燭

zhú Decomposition & Compounds

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