燭

燭 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 火田中戈 (FWLI), four-corner 9682₇, composition ⿰火蜀)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 685, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19480
• Dae Jaweon: page 1098, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2241, character 2
• Unihan data for U+71ED

Compare Tibetan དུགས་པ (dugs pa, “to make warm, to warm, to light”) and Burmese တောက် (tauk, “to shine, to illuminate, to make fire”) (Hill, 2019).

燭

1. candle; taper

   • 燭至起，食至起，上客起。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     烛至起，食至起，上客起。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Zhú zhì qǐ, shí zhì qǐ, shàngkè qǐ.

     When the torches come, he should rise; and also when the viands come in, or a visitor of superior rank

2. to shine; to illuminate

   • 明哲煌煌，旁燭無疆，遜於不虞，以保天命，譔《問明》。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     明哲煌煌，旁烛无疆，逊于不虞，以保天命，撰《问明》。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Yang Xiong, Fa Yan (Exemplary Sayings), 9 CE

     Míngzhé huáng huáng, páng zhú wújiāng, xùn yú bùyú, yǐ bǎo tiānmìng, quán “wèn míng”.

     When wisdom is splendid and bright, shining everywhere without limit, one may avoid unforeseen dangers and protect his Heaven-decreed destiny. Thus, I have written "Asking about Seeing Clearly."

3. (Taiwanese Hokkien) candlepower (unit)

• → Bouyei: xugt (“candle”)

• “燭”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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• Go-on: そく (soku)
• Kan-on: しょく (shoku)
• Kun: ともしび (tomoshibi, 燭)

• 蝋(ろう)燭(そく) (rōsoku): candle

• (Tokyo) しょく (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

燭(しょく) • (shoku) 

1. a light (source of illumination)

   Synonyms: 明かり, ともしび

2. a candlepower

   Synonym: 燭光

燭(しょく) • (-shoku) 

1. a candlepower

   Synonym: 燭光

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

燭

Wikisource

燭 • (chok) (hangeul 촉)

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燭: Hán Nôm readings: chúc, đuốc

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