蜡

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See also: 蠟
蜡 U+8721, 蜡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8721
← 蜠
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蜢 →

Translingual

Traditional 蠟
Shinjitai
(extended) 		蝋
Simplified 蜡

Han character

蜡 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿日 (LITA), four-corner 54161, composition ⿰虫昔)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1086, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33150
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1553, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2859, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+8721

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (昔) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
借 *ʔsjaːɡs, *ʔsjaːɡ
唶 *ʔsjaːɡs
藉 *zjaːɡs, *zjaːɡ
躤 *zjaːɡs
蜡 *zraːɡs, *sʰaːɡs
齰 *zraːɡs, *zraːɡ
醋 *sʰaːɡs
錯 *sʰaːɡs, *sʰaːɡ
措 *sʰaːɡs
厝 *sʰaːɡs, *sʰaːɡ
逪 *sʰaːɡ
剒 *sʰaːɡ
鵲 *sʰaɡ
碏 *sʰaɡ
踖 *sʰaɡ, *ʔsjaːɡ, *zjaːɡ
趞 *sʰaɡ
皵 *sʰaɡ, *sʰjaːɡ
舄 *sʰjaːɡ, *sʰaɡ, *sjaːɡ, *sjaːɡ
斮 *ʔsraɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
簎 *zraːwɢ, *sʰraːɡ, *zjaːɡ
諎 *ʔsraːɡ
矠 *sʰreːɡ, *zreːɡ
庴 *ʔsjaːɡ, *zjaːɡ
籍 *zjaːɡ
耤 *zjaːɡ
猎 *zjaːɡ
昔 *sjaːɡ
惜 *sjaːɡ
腊 *sjaːɡ
焟 *sjaːɡ
棤 *sjaːɡ

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 蜡 – see 蠟 (“wax; candle; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 蠟).
Notes:

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 蜡
alternative forms 䄍

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蜡
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 七慮切
Baxter tshjoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sʰɨʌH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡sʰiɔH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sʰiɔH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sʰɨə̆H/
Li
Rong 		/t͡sʰiɔH/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sʰĭoH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡sʰi̯woH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ceoi3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蜡
Reading # 2/2
No. 13279
Phonetic
component 		昔
Rime
group 		暮
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		覰
Old
Chinese 		/*sʰaːɡs/

Definitions

蜡

  1. A Zhou dynasty-era type of sacrificial rite.

Compounds

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.
 蜡

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蜡
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 七慮切
Baxter tshjoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sʰɨʌH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡sʰiɔH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sʰiɔH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sʰɨə̆H/
Li
Rong 		/t͡sʰiɔH/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sʰĭoH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡sʰi̯woH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ceoi3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蜡
Reading # 2/2
No. 13279
Phonetic
component 		昔
Rime
group 		暮
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		覰
Old
Chinese 		/*sʰaːɡs/

Definitions

蜡

  1. original character of 蛆 (qū).

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 蜡 – see 䖳 (“jellyfish”).
(This character is a variant form of 䖳).

Etymology 5

simp. and trad.
 蜡

Pronunciation

Definitions

蜡

  1. a kind of insect

References

Japanese

Kanji

蜡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Definitions

Kanji in this term
蜡
うじ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 蜡 – see the following entry.
【うじウジ】
(less common) larva, maggot
Alternative spelling
蛆
(This term, 蜡, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

蜡 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa, Yale sa)

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