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燭

zhú (zhu²) Mandarin, Pinyin
ㄓㄨˊ Mandarin, Bopomofo
zuk¹ Cantonese, Jyutping
chuk Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
ciók Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
chiak Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
chek Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
chiok Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
zêg⁴ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
⁷tsoq Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
zhú Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
ㄓㄨˊ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
jhú Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
chu² Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
jú Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
jwu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
чжу Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
/ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
zuk¹ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
jūk Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
dzuk⁷ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
zug¹ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
/t͡sʊk̚⁵/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
chuk Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
zug^ˋ Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
zug⁵ Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
/t͡suk̚²/ Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
ciók Min Dong, Fuzhou, Foochow Romanized
/t͡suɔʔ²⁴/ Min Dong, Fuzhou, IPA
chiak Min Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou

Where it comes from

對照藏語 དུགས་པ (dugs pa，“取暖，照明”)和緬甸語 တောက် (tauk，“發光，明亮，生火”) (Hill, 2019)。

釋義

蠟燭
火炬，火把燭至起，食至起，上客起。
照明，照亮明哲煌煌，旁燭無疆，遜於不虞，以保天命，譔《問明》。
察明，察見
Taiwanese 燭光

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"燭." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%87%AD. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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燭. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%87%AD

Chicago

"燭." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%87%AD.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {燭},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%87%AD},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}