炬 jù torch
怎么记住“炬”: 火 fire + 巨 large = torch. At the opening ceremony, the runner lifts the fire high above the large crowd, carrying the Olympic torch to the stage.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
炬 = 火 fire + 巨 large
- 火 fire meaning
- 巨 large sound
At the opening ceremony, the runner lifts the fire high above the large crowd, carrying the Olympic torch to the stage.
How it came to be
Fire gives the meaning and the sign for large the sound.
用法
- A torch: 火炬 (huǒjù), especially the Olympic/ceremonial torch: 火炬传递 (huǒjù chuándì) the torch relay.
- 付之一炬 (fùzhī-yíjù), to commit to a single torch, means to reduce to ashes / burn everything up. Literary/ceremonial.