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See also:
U+8721, 蜡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8721

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
(extended)
Simplified

Han character

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

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

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (14)
Final () (22)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ceoi3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2
No. 13279
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰaːɡs/

Definitions

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

Compounds

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (14)
Final () (22)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ceoi3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2
No. 13279
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰaːɡs/

Definitions

  1. original character of ().

Etymology 4

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

Etymology 5

simp. and trad.

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. a kind of insect

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): しょ (sho) (wa)じゃ (ja)せき (seki)しゃく (shaku)
  • Kun: うじむし (ujimushi)

Definitions

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

Korean

Hanja

(sa) (hangeul , revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa, Yale sa)

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