烛(zhú): candle
candle
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- zhú
- Meaning
- candle; (literary) to illuminate
- Strokes
- 10
- HSK level
- HSK 7-9
- Traditional
- 燭
Origin & structure
Where 烛 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 烛 step by step
10 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 烛
Common words using 烛 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
zhú烛guāng光
candle light; candle-lit (vigil etc); candela, unit of luminous intensity (…
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