Hanja Analyzer
炷

炷 — ju

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
심지 주
Romanization
ju
English
candle wick, lamp wick; stick of incense
Mandarin
zhù
Japanese on'yomi
シュ
Japanese kun'yomi
とうしん
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
9
Radical
火 (86, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
主(주)
Unicode
U+70B7

Korean example words with 炷

  • 등주燈炷 Korean gloss: 불의 심지.
  • 주향炷香 Korean gloss: 향을 피움.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Characters sharing the phonetic 主

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “주” in Korean.

Other hanja read “주”

Other hanja with radical 火

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