燭

See also: 烛

Contents

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 685, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19480
• Dae Jaweon: page 1098, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2241, character 2
• Unihan data for U+71ED

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ChineseEdit

trad.		燭
simp.		烛

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhú (zhu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chuk
• Min Nan (POJ): chek / chiok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ
    • Wade-Giles: chu²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwu
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹
    • Yale: jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: zug`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zug⁵
    • IPA: /t͡suk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek / chiok
    • Tâi-lô: tsik / tsiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeg, ciog
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪk̚³²/, /t͡ɕiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪk̚³²/, /t͡ɕiɔk̚³²/
    • Note: chek - vernacular; chiok - literary.

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 燭
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 (Min Nan)	/t͡siɔk̚³²/ /t͡sik̚³²/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/t͡suɔʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/t͡sy²⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/t͡sek̚²/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/t͡sok̚⁵/ /t͡siak̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕɨok̚/▼

Rime
Character	燭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	之欲切
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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*tok/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjoɡ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	燭
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	燭
Reading #	1/1
No.	11828
Phonetic component	蜀
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	燭
Old Chinese	/*tjoɡ/

DefinitionsEdit

燭

1. candle, taper
2. to shine, to illuminate

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

燭

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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ReadingsEdit

• On: しょく (shoku), そく (soku)
• Kun: ともしび (tomoshibi)

CompoundsEdit

• 蝋燭 (ろうそく, rōsoku)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

燭 • ‎(chok) (hangeul 촉, revised chok, McCune-Reischauer ch'ok, Yale chok)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

燭 (đuốc, chúc)

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