炷

zhù(zhu4) // pronunciation of 炷 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 炷

Unihan definition: candle wick, lamp wick; stick of incense

Number of strokes: 9
Examples of other characters consisting of 9 strokes: 是, 说, 要, 种, 面, 看, 前, 点, 将, 很

Radical: 火 86.5

Frequency rank: 5424

General standard index number: 4329

Examples of words containing this character: 艾炷, 艾炷灸

English translation (based on CEDICT):

炷[zhù]:

- wick of an oil lamp
- to burn (incense etc)
- measure word for lit incense sticks

Details

Unicode code point: U+70B7

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