Kanji

light, candlepower

Kanji

Grade

Grade 9

Strokes

17 strokes

Radical

火部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ソク, ショク

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

ともしび

Example sentences

蝋燭 ろうそく
停電になったので、蝋燭に火を灯した。

Since there was a power outage, I lit a candle.

燭台 しょくだい
停電の間、母は古い燭台に蝋燭を立てた。

During the power outage, my mother placed a candle in an old candlestick.

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