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Translingual
Han character
炷 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火卜土 (FYG), four-corner 90814, composition ⿰火主)
- wick of an oil lamp
- to burn (incense, etc.)
- measure word for lit incense sticks
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 669, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18965
- Dae Jaweon: page 1078, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2196, character 13
- Unihan data for U+70B7
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 飳
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*tʰoːʔ
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| 妵
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*tʰoːʔ
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| 黈
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*tʰoːʔ
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| 蘣
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*tʰoːʔ
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| 罜
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*doːɡ, *tjos
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| 拄
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*toʔ
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| 柱
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*toʔ, *doʔ
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| 駐
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*tos
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| 註
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*tos, *tjos
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| 鉒
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*tos
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| 軴
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*tos
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| 住
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*tos, *dos
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| 跓
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*doʔ
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| 嵀
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*doʔ
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| 主
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*tjoʔ
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| 麈
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*tjoʔ
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| 宔
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*tjoʔ
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| 炷
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*tjoʔ, *tjos
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| 注
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*tjos
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| 疰
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*tjos
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| 蛀
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*tjos
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| 霔
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*tjos
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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炷
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炷
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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17621
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17626
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Phonetic
component
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主
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主
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Rime
group
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侯
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侯
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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主
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注
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Old
Chinese
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/*tjoʔ/
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/*tjos/
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Definitions
炷
- to burn (incense, etc.)
- wick of an oil lamp
- Classifier for lit incense sticks.
- 一炷線香／一炷线香 ― yī zhù xiànxiāng ― an incense stick
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
炷
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
炷 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu, Yale cwu)
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Vietnamese
Han character
炷: Hán Nôm readings: chú, chụ
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