Chinese Character Wiki

爝

jué

torch

Components
火 meaning component

火  Meaning component

huǒ

  

fire

fire

爵 sound component

爵  Sound component

jué

  

feudal title or rank

Evolution

爝 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
爝 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

爝  

jué

torch; to light

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6942nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

21

Unicode

U+721D

Shuowen

“爝，苣火祓也。从火，爵聲。呂不韋曰：‘湯得伊尹，爝以爟火，釁以犧豭。’”


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