䄍

Information about character(s)

Radical: 示
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 13
Variants: 蜡

Pronunciation

Pinyin: zhà
Cantonese: caai4 zaa3

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: (same as U+8721 蜡) year-end sacrifice of the Zhou Dynasty; imperial sacrifice of thanksgiving to the earth for crops, offered at the end of the year, the name varying in different dynastic periods

康熙字典文字版 【午集下】【示字部】䄍
【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤助駕切，音乍。年終祭名。【廣雅】夏曰淸祀，商曰嘉平，周曰大䄍，秦曰臘。通作蜡。詳蜡字註。