蠟

Information about character(s)

Radical: 虫
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 15
Total Strokes: 21
Simplified Form: 蜡
Variants: 蜡

Pronunciation

Pinyin: là
Cantonese: laap6
JapaneseKun: MITSUROU ROUSOKU
JapaneseOn: ROU
Korean: LAP
Vietnamese: rệp

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: wax; candle; waxy, glazed

CE-Dict: candle/wax

Soothill: Wax.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.beeswax
2.paraffin
3.a candle
4.a wax polish

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: wax - 材

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: candle; cere; wax
【化】 wax
【醫】 cera; cero-; wax

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: cere; wax

湘雅醫學專業詞典: cera;cere;wax

康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】蠟
【唐韻】盧盍切【集韻】【韻會】力盍切，𠀤音臘。【玉篇】蜜滓也。【陸佃云】蜂之化蜜，必取匽豬之水，注之蠟房，而後成蜜。故謂之蠟者，蜜之蹠也。【本草】蟲白蠟。【李時珍曰】蠟樹，四時不凋，五月開白花，成叢結實。其蟲大如蟣蝨，延緣樹枝，食汁吐涎，剝取其渣，煉化成蠟。又蜜蠟，生於蜜中。又水蠟，樹葉微似楡，及甜櫧樹，皆可放蟲產蠟。【晉書·阮孚傳】孚性好屐，或有詣阮，正見自蠟屐，曰：一生當著幾兩屐。【石崇傳】崇奢靡，以蠟代薪。【南史·王僧虔傳】少時，以燭淚澆成蠟鳳凰。　又蠟梅，花名。【蘇軾詩】蜜蜂採花作黃蠟，黃蠟爲花亦其物。　又蠟觜，鳥名。【本草】桑扈，一名蠟觜雀，其觜或凝黃如蠟。　【廣韻】俗作䗶。

CF-Dict: cire/bougie

Han-De-Dict: Kerze (u.E.) (S)/Wachs (u.E.) (S)