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燭

light
Stroke count: 17

Readings

On readingソク、ショク
Kun readingともしび
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. light
  2. candlepower
  3. candlelightRtK
  1. lamp
  2. obsolete unit of luminous intensity (approx. 1.0067 candela)

Radicals and components

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Compound words

蝋燭ろうそく
candle
花燭かしょく
bright light
華燭かしょく
bright light
手燭てしょく
portable candlestick
燭魚はたはた
sailfin sandfish (Arctoscopus japonicus)
燭光しょっこう
candlepower
燭台しょくだい
candlestick
秉燭へいしょく
holding a lamp in one's hand
蠟燭ろうそく
candle
華燭の典かしょくのてん
wedding ceremony
蝋燭の芯ろうそくのしん
wick of a candle

Stroke Order

17 strokes

Practice Writing

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