English Definition: candle; (literary) to illuminate
Chinese Definition:
①用线绳或苇子做中心，周围包上蜡油，点着取亮的东西(古代亦称“火炬”)：蜡烛。花烛。烛光。烛泪。烛台。风烛残年。
②洞悉：洞烛其奸。
③灯泡瓦特数的俗称：十五烛的灯泡。
Total strokes: 10;
Radical: 火 Pictophonetic:虫 indicates the sound;
火 (fire) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:- ⿰ Left to right
- 火 [ huǒ ] fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
- 虫 [ chóng ] insect, worm; mollusk
