蠟

See also 蜡, and 蝋

Translingual

Han character

蠟 (radical 142 虫+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 中戈女女女 (LIVVV), four-corner 5211₆)

1. wax
2. candle
3. waxy, glazed

References

• KangXi: page 1101, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33786
• Dae Jaweon: page 1565, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2903, character 6
• Unihan data for U+881F

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Cantonese

Hanzi

蠟 (simplified 蜡, jyutping laap6, Yale laap6)

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Japanese

Kanji

蠟 (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• On: ろう (rō)
• Kun: みつろう (mitsurō), ろうそく (rōsoku)

• Style: Kyūjitai
• Shinjitai: 蝋

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Korean

Hanja

蠟 (hangeul 랍>납, revised rap>nap, McCune-Reischauer rap>nap, Yale lap>nap)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

蠟 (simplified 蜡, pinyin là (la4), Wade-Giles la⁴)

Compounds

• 蠟筆

• 蠟燭

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Vietnamese

Han character

蠟 (lạp)

Readings

• Nôm: lạp , rệp, sáp

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999