candle / (literary) to illuminate

= + : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) lights a candle (烛) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2) and the mosquito (虫) instantly wants to fly right into the fire (火).

燭 character breakdown

surname Huo
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86

= + : Helga Horse (hu) and Neanderthal Man (人) are starting a fire (火) in the observatory's living room (o3) with two large petals (丶).
short name for Sichuan 四川[Si4 chuan1] province / one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国[San1 guo2] after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4], situated around what is now Sichuan province

Characters with 燭 as component

燭 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 燭

candle / CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]
candle light / candle-lit (vigil etc) / candela, unit of luminous intensity (cd)
candlestick / candle holder
bridal room and ornamented candles / wedding festivities (idiom)
joss stick and candle
one's late days / to have one foot in the grave
fire and candles / household things that burn
lit. candle in the wind (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread
Candlemas (Christian Festival on 2nd February)
some people have to be pushed for them to take action
to burn the candle at both ends (idiom) / to labor under a double burden
lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread
variant of 炳燭|炳烛[bing3 zhu2]
Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)
by bright candlelight
candlestick holder / candlestand / candelabra
drop of melted wax that runs down the side of a candle
red candle (used during birthdays and other celebrations)

Sentences with 燭

燭 currently does not appear in any sentence.