See also:
U+71ED, 燭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71ED

[U+71EC]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+71EE]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 86, +13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 火田中戈 (FWLI), four-corner 96827, composition )

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.
simp. *

Glyph origin edit

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


Note:
  • chiak/chek - vernacular;
  • chiok - literary.
  • Wu

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location
    Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
    Harbin /ʈ͡ʂu²⁴/
    Tianjin /t͡su⁴⁵/
    Jinan /ʈ͡ʂu²¹³/
    Qingdao /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
    Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂu²⁴/
    Xi'an /t͡sou²¹/
    Xining /ʈ͡ʂv̩⁵³/
    Yinchuan /ʈ͡ʂu¹³/
    Lanzhou /p͡fu³¹/
    Ürümqi /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
    Wuhan /t͡səu²¹³/
    Chengdu /t͡su³¹/
    Guiyang /t͡su²¹/
    Kunming /ʈ͡ʂu³¹/
    Nanjing /ʈ͡ʂuʔ⁵/
    Hefei /ʈ͡ʂuəʔ⁵/
    Jin Taiyuan /t͡suəʔ²/
    Pingyao /t͡suʌʔ⁵³/
    Hohhot /t͡suəʔ⁴³/
    Wu Shanghai /t͡soʔ⁵/
    Suzhou /t͡soʔ⁵/
    Hangzhou /t͡soʔ⁵/
    Wenzhou /t͡ɕo²¹³/
    Hui Shexian /t͡suʔ²¹/
    Tunxi /t͡ɕiu⁵/
    Xiang Changsha /ʈ͡ʂəu²⁴/
    Xiangtan /ʈ͡ʂəɯ²⁴/
    Gan Nanchang /t͡suʔ⁵/
    Hakka Meixian /t͡suk̚¹/
    Taoyuan /tʃuk̚²²/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sok̚⁵/
    Nanning /t͡suk̚⁵⁵/
    Hong Kong /t͡suk̚⁵/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /t͡siɔk̚³²/
    /t͡sik̚³²/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡suɔʔ²³/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡sy²⁴/
    Shantou (Teochew) /t͡sek̚²/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /t͡sok̚⁵/
    /t͡siak̚⁵/

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (23)
    Final () (8)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter tsyowk
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /t͡ɕɨok̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /t͡ɕiok̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /t͡ɕiok̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /cuawk̚/
    Li
    Rong
    /t͡ɕiok̚/
    Wang
    Li
    /t͡ɕĭwok̚/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /t͡ɕi̯wok̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    zhu
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    zuk1
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    zhú
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ tsyowk ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*tok/
    English torch

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 11828
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*tjoɡ/

    Definitions edit

    1. candle; taper
    2. to shine; to illuminate
    3. (Taiwanese Hokkien) candlepower (unit)

    Synonyms edit

    Compounds edit

    Descendants edit

    • Bouyei: xugt (candle)

    References edit

    Japanese edit

    Shinjitai
    (extended)

    Kyūjitai

    Kanji edit

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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    Readings edit

    Compounds edit

    Etymology 1 edit

    Kanji in this term
    しょく
    Jinmeiyō
    kan’on

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    (しょく) (shoku

    1. a light (source of illumination)
      Synonyms: 明かり, ともしび
    2. a candlepower
      Synonym: 燭光

    Counter edit

    (しょく) (-shoku

    1. a candlepower
      Synonym: 燭光

    Etymology 2 edit

    Kanji in this term
    ともしび
    Jinmeiyō
    kun’yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
    ともしび
    [noun] , 灯火, : light; lamp
    Alternative spellings
    , 灯火
    (This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

    Korean edit

    Etymology edit

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

    Pronunciation edit

    Hanja edit

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    (chok) (hangeul )

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    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    : Hán Nôm readings: chúc, đuốc

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