蜡

For more information please refer to traditional form: 蠟

Information about character(s)

Radical: 虫
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 14
Traditional Form: 蜡蠟
Simplified Form: 蜡
Variants: 䄍蠟

Pronunciation

Pinyin: qù, zhà, jí, là
Cantonese: caa3 caai3 zaa3
JapaneseKun: UJIMUSHI
JapaneseOn: SHO WA JA SEKI SHAKU
Korean: SA

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: wax; candle; waxy, glazed; maggot; as a non-simplified form sometimes used as an equivalent to U+410D 䄍, meaning imperial harvest

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《虫部》蜡蠅䏣也。《周禮》：「蜡氏掌除骴。」从虫昔聲。