蜡烛 làzhú candle

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Traditional: 蠟燭
Measure word: 根, 支

Stroke order

蜡烛 is written in 24 strokes across 2 characters.

蜡烛 — the Chinese character for candle (làzhú), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 蜡烛 — candle

蜡 — 14 strokes
烛 — 10 strokes

Characters in 蜡烛

蜡 là — candle; wax
烛 zhú — candle; (literary) to illuminate

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

蜡烛 is pronounced làzhú and means “candle”.

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