炷
Information about character(s)
Radical: 火Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 9
Pronunciation
Pinyin: zhùCantonese: zyu3
JapaneseKun: TOUSHIN
JapaneseOn: SHU
Korean: CWU
Dictionary definitions
Unicode: candle wick, lamp wick; stick of incenseCE-Dict: wick of an oil lamp/to burn (incense etc)/measure word for lit incense sticks
21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.the wick (of a candle, lamp, etc.)
2.a stick (of incense, etc.)
3.to burn; to cauterize
康熙字典文字版 【巳集中】【火字部】 炷
【廣韻】之戍切【集韻】【韻會】朱戍切,𠀤音注。【玉篇】燈炷也。【正韻】火炷燼所著者。【讀曲歌】然燈不下炷,有油那得明。 又【廣韻】之庾切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】腫庾切,𠀤音主。義同。 【集韻】本作主。◎按說文主字註云:鐙中火主也。徐鉉曰:今俗別作炷,非是。然炷與主分相沿已久。今皆从火。
CF-Dict: mèche/bâtonnet d'encens
Han-De-Dict: Räucherstäbchen (u.E.) (S)