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炬
jù
torch
🔤 Pictophonetic:
火 (fire) provides meaning, 巨 provides pronunciation
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⿰火巨
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jù
巨
large, huge, gigantic; chief
💡 Ideographic:
A hand holding a large carpenter's square 工
4 strokes
HSK 5
Words Using 炬 (6)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
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炬
↗
jù
torch
jù
炬
↗
torch
付之一炬
↗
fùzhīyījù
to put to the torch (idiom) / to commit to the flames / to burn sth down deliberately
fùzhīyījù
付之一炬
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to put to the torch (idiom) / to commit to the flames / to burn sth down deliberately
氧乙炔炬
↗
yǎngyǐquējù
an oxyacetylene torch
yǎngyǐquējù
氧乙炔炬
↗
an oxyacetylene torch
氧乙炔焊炬
↗
yǎngyǐquēhànjù
oxyacetylene torch
yǎngyǐquēhànjù
氧乙炔焊炬
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oxyacetylene torch
火炬
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huǒjù
a torch / CL:[[把<bǎ>]]
huǒjù
火炬
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a torch / CL:[[把<bǎ>]]
火炬手
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huǒjùshǒu
torchbearer / athlete carrying Olympic flame
huǒjùshǒu
火炬手
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torchbearer / athlete carrying Olympic flame