燭 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

menu_bookMeaning

light, candlepower

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• ソク
• ショク

Kun (native)

• ともしび

Other languages

• 拼音zhu2
• 한글chog
• Hán-ViệtChúc

infoBasics

Strokes

17 strokes

Radical

火(ひ)

JIS level

Level 1

Unicode

U+71ED

grid_viewComponents

• 勹つつみがまえ
• 火ひ
• 罒あみがしら
• 虫むし

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰火蜀

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 燭しょくlight, lamp, obsolete unit of luminous intensity (approx. 1.0067 candela)
• 燭台しょくだい蝋燭を立てて、点火するための台。candlestick, candlestand
• 燭光しょっこうともしび。灯火。 かつて使われた光度の単位。1燭光は約1カンデラ。candlepower

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(12 results)

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-4-13

Four Corner

9682.7

Spahn–Hadamitzky

4d13.5

Heisig

2976

Nelson

2811