• 2532nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 15 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿𠂉

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhú (zhu2)candle • (literary) to illuminate

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

烛火 (燭火)
蜡烛 (蠟燭)

Uncommon

烛光 (燭光)
烛台 (燭臺)
香烛 (香燭)

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  • 290th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 362 words
  • Component in 12 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. guāng (guang1)light • ray • CL:道[dao4] • bright • only • merely • to use up

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

光明 
光荣 (光榮)
光临 (光臨)
光芒 
星光 
时光 (時光)
曝光 
灯光 (燈光)
目光 
眼光 
阳光 (陽光)

Uncommon

一扫而光 (一掃而光)
不光 
亮光 
光亮 
光伏 
光光 
光圈 
光大 
光学 (光學)
光年 
光彩 
光影 
光明正大 
光是 
光景 
光棍 
光棍儿 (光棍兒)
光棍节 (光棍節)
光波 
光滑 
光洁 (光潔)
光泽 (光澤)
光照 
光环 (光環)
光盘 (光盤)
光线 (光線)
光纤 (光纖)
光辉 (光輝)
光速 
光阴 (光陰)
光头 (光頭)
光顾 (光顧)
光鲜 (光鮮)
凶光 
反光 
夜光 
微光 
日光 
日光浴 
春光 
曙光 
月光 
月光族 
极光 (極光)
油光 
泪光 (淚光)
激光 
火光 
荧光 (熒光)
烛光 (燭光)
用光 
发光 (發光)
穷光蛋 (窮光蛋)
耳光 
脱光 (脫光)
花光 
蓝光 (藍光)
观光 (觀光)
走光 
逆光 
闪光 (閃光)
闪光灯 (閃光燈)
开光 (開光)
阳光明媚 (陽光明媚)
灵光 (靈光)
风光 (風光)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.