蝋

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See also: 蠟

蝋 U+874B, 蝋
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-874B
← 蝊
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蝌 →

Translingual

Traditional 蠟
Shinjitai
(extended) 		蝋
Simplified 蜡

Han character

蝋 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈火竹弓 (LIFHN), composition ⿰虫鼡)

  1. wax
  2. candle
  3. waxy, glazed

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1088, character 34
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 4, page 2866, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+874B

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

蝋

Kyūjitai

蠟

Kanji

蝋

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 蠟)

  1. Extended shinjitai form of 蠟: wax; candle; waxy; glazed

Readings

  • Go-on: ろう (rō)←らふ (rafu, historical)
  • Kan-on: ろう (rō)←らふ (rafu, historical)

Usage notes

This is one of the 22 widely used extended shinjitai (簡(かん)易(い)慣(かん)用(よう)字(じ)体(たい) (kan'i kan'yō jitai)).

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蝋
ろう
Hyōgai
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
蠟 (kyūjitai)
 蝋 on Japanese Wikipedia

From Middle Chinese 蠟 (MC lap).

Pronunciation

Noun

蝋(ろう) • (rō) ←らふ (rafu)?

  1. wax

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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