HanziCraft - Information on 烛,火

烛
火

烛

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烛 is the 2532nd most frequent character.
烛 has 1 dictionary entry.
烛 appears as a character in 11 words.
烛 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

烛 => 火, 虫

Radical :

烛 => 火 (fire), 虫 (insect)

Graphical :

烛 => 丿, 丶, 冫, 口, 丨, 𠂉

Pinyin & Meaning:

zhu2 - candle/(literary) to illuminate

Pronunciation Clues:

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

烛火 (燭火)

蜡烛 (蠟燭)

Medium Frequency

烛光 (燭光)

烛台 (燭臺)

香烛 (香燭)

火

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火 is the 433rd most frequent character.
火 has 2 dictionary entries.
火 appears as a character in 191 words.
火 appears as a component in 226 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

火 => No glyph available, No glyph available

Radical :

火 => 火 (fire)

Graphical :

火 => 丿, 丶, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

Huo3 - surname Huo
huo3 - fire/urgent/ammunition/fiery or flaming/internal heat (Chinese medicine)/hot (popular)/classifier for military units (old)

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 火 (huo3): The component 火 is pronounced as 'huo3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

火线 (火線)

火车 (火車)

火车票 (火車票)

火车站 (火車站)

火锅 (火鍋)

烟火 (煙火)

Medium Frequency

恼火 (惱火)

战火 (戰火)

打火机 (打火機)

灭火 (滅火)

火气 (火氣)

火灾 (火災)

火热 (火熱)

火烧 (火燒)

火炉 (火爐)

火红 (火紅)

火药 (火藥)

火鸡 (火雞)

火龙 (火龍)

火龙果 (火龍果)

灯火 (燈火)

烛火 (燭火)

发火 (發火)

红火 (紅火)

着火 (著火)

萤火 (螢火)

萤火虫 (螢火蟲)

观火 (觀火)

过火 (過火)

开火 (開火)

风风火火 (風風火火)

点火 (點火)

Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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