燭
See also: 烛
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Translingual edit
Han character edit
燭 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 火田中戈 (FWLI), four-corner 96827, composition ⿰火蜀)
References edit
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 685, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19480
- Dae Jaweon: page 1098, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2241, character 2
- Unihan data for U+71ED
Chinese edit
| trad. | 燭 | |
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| simp. | 烛* | |
Glyph origin edit
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 襡 | *toːʔ, *toːɡs, *doːʔ, *doːɡ, *djoɡ |
| 噣 | *toːɡs, *tuɡs, *rtoːɡ, *tjoɡ |
| 斣 | *toːɡs |
| 歜 | *sdoːmʔ, *tʰjoɡ |
| 斀 | *rtoːɡ |
| 孎 | *rtoːɡ, *toɡ |
| 濁 | *rdoːɡ |
| 鐲 | *rdoːɡ, *zroːɡ, *djoɡ |
| 鸀 | *rdoːɡ, *tjoɡ |
| 擉 | *sʰroːɡ |
| 獨 | *doːɡ |
| 髑 | *doːɡ |
| 韣 | *doːɡ, *tjoɡ, *djoɡ |
| 斸 | *toɡ |
| 钃 | *toɡ |
| 欘 | *toɡ |
| 躅 | *doɡ |
| 蠋 | *doɡ, *tjoɡ |
| 燭 | *tjoɡ |
| 囑 | *tjoɡ |
| 矚 | *tjoɡ |
| 屬 | *tjoɡ, *djoɡ |
| 属 | *tjoɡ, *djoɡ |
| 蠾 | *tjoɡ, *djoɡ |
| 觸 | *tʰjoɡ |
| 臅 | *tʰjoɡ |
| 觕 | *sʰlaː, *zlaːʔ, *tʰjoɡ |
| 蜀 | *djoɡ |
Etymology edit
Compare Tibetan དུགས་པ (dugs pa, “to make warm, to warm, to light”) and Burmese တောက် (tauk, “to shine, to illuminate, to make fire”) (Hill, 2019).
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
燭
- candle; taper
- to shine; to illuminate
- 明哲煌煌，旁燭無疆，遜於不虞，以保天命，譔《問明》。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Yang Xiong, Fa Yan (Exemplary Sayings), 9 CE
- Míngzhé huáng huáng, páng zhú wújiāng, xùn yú bùyú, yǐ bǎo tiānmìng, quán “wèn míng”. [Pinyin]
- When wisdom is splendid and bright, shining everywhere without limit, one may avoid unforeseen dangers and protect his Heaven-decreed destiny. Thus, I have written "Asking about Seeing Clearly."
明哲煌煌，旁烛无疆，逊于不虞，以保天命，撰《问明》。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) candlepower (unit)
Synonyms edit
Compounds edit
Descendants edit
- → Bouyei: xugt (“candle”)
References edit
- “燭”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese edit
| 烛 | |
| 燭 |
Kanji edit
燭
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings edit
Compounds edit
Etymology 1 edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 燭 |
| しょく Jinmeiyō |
| kan’on |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- a light (source of illumination)
- a candlepower
- Synonym: 燭光
Counter edit
- a candlepower
- Synonym: 燭光
Etymology 2 edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 燭 |
| ともしび Jinmeiyō |
| kun’yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 燭 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 燭, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Korean edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʰo̞k̚]
- Phonetic hangul: [촉]
Hanja edit
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Vietnamese edit
Han character edit
燭: Hán Nôm readings: chúc, đuốc
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