燭 (Kangxi radical 86,火+13, 17 strokes,cangjie input火田中戈 (FWLI),four-corner9682₇,composition⿰火蜀)

• Kangxi Dictionary:page 685, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19480
• Dae Jaweon: page 1098, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2241, character 2
• Unihan data for U+71ED

Historical forms of the character燭
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan)
Small seal script

CompareTibetanདུགས་པ(dugs pa,“to make warm, to warm, to light”) andBurmeseတောက်(tauk,“to shine, to illuminate, to make fire”) (Hill, 2019). From this, one can reconstructProto-Sino-Tibetan*təwk.

燭

1. candle;taper

   • 燭至起，食至起，上客起。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     烛至起，食至起，上客起。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From: TheBook of Rites,c. 4^th – 2^nd centuryBCE

     Zhú zhì qǐ, shí zhì qǐ, shàngkè qǐ.[Pinyin]

     When thetorches come, he should rise; and also when the viands come in, or a visitor of superior rank

2. toshine; toilluminate

   • 明哲煌煌，旁燭無疆，遜於不虞，以保天命，譔《問明》。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     明哲煌煌，旁烛无疆，逊于不虞，以保天命，撰《问明》。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From:Yang Xiong,Fa Yan (Exemplary Sayings), 9CE

     Míngzhé huáng huáng, pángzhú wújiāng, xùn yú bùyú, yǐ bǎo tiānmìng, quán “wèn míng”.[Pinyin]

     When wisdom is splendid and bright,shining everywhere without limit, one may avoid unforeseen dangers and protect his Heaven-decreed destiny. Thus, I have written "Asking about Seeing Clearly."

3. (Taiwanese Hokkien)candlepower (unit)

• → Bouyei:xugt(“candle”)

• “燭”, in重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese),National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan),2021.
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02457
• “燭”, in漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1],香港中文大學 (theChinese University of Hong Kong),2014–
• 李如龙[Li, Ru-long];刘福铸[Liu, Fu-zhu];吴华英[Wu, Hua-ying];黄国城[Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “烛”, in莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min),Xiamen University Press,→ISBN, page287.

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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• Go-on:そく(soku)
• Kan-on:しょく(shoku)
• Kun:ともしび(tomoshibi,燭)

• 蝋(ろう)燭(そく)(rōsoku):candle

• (Tokyo)しょく[shóꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞kɯ̟]

燭(しょく)• (shoku) 

1. alight(source of illumination)

   Synonyms:明かり,ともしび

2. acandlepower

   Synonym:燭光

燭(しょく)• (-shoku) 

1. acandlepower

   Synonym:燭光

• “^▲燭”, in漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese),The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation,2015–2026

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• (SK Standard/Seoul)IPA^(key):[t͡ɕʰo̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul:[촉]

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燭

燭• (chok) (hangeul촉)

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燭:Hán Nôm readings:chúc,đuốc

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