"炬" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /t͡ɕy⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /kɵy̯²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kɯ²²/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /ku³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Taipei], /ku²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /ki²²/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /kɯ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /kɯ³⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /t͡ɕy⁵¹/, /kɵy̯²²/, /kɯ²²/, /ku³³/, /ku²²/, /ki²²/, /kɯ²⁴/, /kɯ³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: jù [Mandarin, Pinyin], ju⁴ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄐㄩˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], geoi⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], kǐr [Hokkien, POJ], kū [Hokkien, POJ], kī [Hokkien, POJ], kîr [Hokkien, POJ], ge⁶ [Peng'im, Teochew], jù [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], jyù [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], chü⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], jyù [Mandarin, Yale], jiuh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], цзюй [Mandarin, Palladius], czjuj [Mandarin, Palladius], geuih [Cantonese, Yale], goey⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], gêu⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], kǐr [Hokkien, Tai-lo], kū [Hokkien, Tai-lo], ku [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], kī [Hokkien, Tai-lo], ki [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], kîr [Hokkien, Tai-lo], kṳ̆ [POJ, Teochew], gjoX [Middle-Chinese], /*ɡaʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɡaʔ) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 巨 (OC *ɡaʔ). Etymology templates: {{m|zh|形聲|tr=-}} 形聲/形声, {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=OC *ɡaʔ}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɡaʔ), {{m|zh|火//||fire|tr=-}} 火 (“fire”), {{m|zh|巨//|||tr=<span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help" title="Old Chinese">OC *ɡaʔ</span>}} 巨 (OC *ɡaʔ), {{Han compound|火|巨|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc|t1=fire}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɡaʔ) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 巨 (OC *ɡaʔ) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 炬
  1. torch
    Sense id: en-炬-zh-character-N79Rv7pG
  2. candle
    Sense id: en-炬-zh-character-b6WZ~nsC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 一炬, 付之一炬 (fùzhīyījù), 付諸一炬 (fùzhūyījù), 付诸一炬 (fùzhūyījù), 火炬 (huǒjù), 炬火 (jùhuǒ), 目光如炬, 蠟炬 (làjù), 蜡炬 (làjù), 麻炬
Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 0

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      "zh-pron": "ju⁴"
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      "zh-pron": "kǐr"
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    {
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        "Palladius"
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        "Pinyin"
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        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
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        "Taipei"
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        "Xiamen"
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        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
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    },
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        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
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    },
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        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
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      "tags": [
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        "Tai-lo"
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    },
    {
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        "Quanzhou"
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      "tags": [
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        "Teochew"
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        "Yale"
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        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "goey⁶"
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        "Quanzhou"
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        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
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      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
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      "zh-pron": "ku"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kîr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɯ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kṳ̆"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɯ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gjoX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡaʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ kū /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕy⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɵy̯²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɯ²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku²²/"
    },
    {
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    },
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}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.