蝋燭

See also: 蠟燭 and 蜡烛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蝋	燭
ろう Hyōgai	そく Jinmeiyō
on'yomi	goon

Alternative spellings
蠟燭 (kyūjitai) 蝋烛 (extended shinjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ろーそく [ròósóꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) ろーそく [ròósókúꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ːso̞kɯ̟]

Noun

蝋(ろう)燭(そく) or 蝋燭(ロウソク) or 蝋燭(ローソク) • (rōsoku) ^{←らふそく (rafusoku) or ラフソク (rafusoku)?}

1. a candle (a light source)

Derived terms

• 蝋(ろう)燭(そく)足(あし)／蠟(ろう)燭(そく)足(あし) (rōsoku ashi)
• 蝋(ろう)燭(そく)鞘(ざや)／蠟(ろう)燭(そく)鞘(ざや) (rōsoku zaya)