蜡

See also: 蠟

蜡 U+8721, 蜡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8721 ← 蜠 [U+8720] CJK Unified Ideographs 蜢 → [U+8722]

Translingual

Traditional	蠟
Shinjitai (extended)	蝋
Simplified	蜡

Han character

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

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

Characters in the same phonetic series (昔) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
借	*ʔsjaːɡs, *ʔsjaːɡ
唶	*ʔsjaːɡs
藉	*zjaːɡs, *zjaːɡ
躤	*zjaːɡs
蜡	*zraːɡs, *sʰaːɡs
齰	*zraːɡs, *zraːɡ
醋	*sʰaːɡs
錯	*sʰaːɡs, *sʰaːɡ
措	*sʰaːɡs
厝	*sʰaːɡs, *sʰaːɡ
逪	*sʰaːɡ
剒	*sʰaːɡ
鵲	*sʰaɡ
碏	*sʰaɡ
踖	*sʰaɡ, *ʔsjaːɡ, *zjaːɡ
趞	*sʰaɡ
皵	*sʰaɡ, *sʰjaːɡ
舄	*sʰjaːɡ, *sʰaɡ, *sjaːɡ, *sjaːɡ
斮	*ʔsraɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
簎	*zraːwɢ, *sʰraːɡ, *zjaːɡ
諎	*ʔsraːɡ
矠	*sʰreːɡ, *zreːɡ
庴	*ʔsjaːɡ, *zjaːɡ
籍	*zjaːɡ
耤	*zjaːɡ
猎	*zjaːɡ
昔	*sjaːɡ
惜	*sjaːɡ
腊	*sjaːɡ
焟	*sjaːɡ
棤	*sjaːɡ

Etymology 1

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

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		蜡
alternative forms		䄍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhà, chà (zha⁴, cha⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˋ, ㄔㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa³, caai³, zaa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhà
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhà
    • Wade–Giles: cha⁴
    • Yale: jà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jah
    • Palladius: чжа (čža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chà
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chà
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa⁴
    • Yale: chà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chah
    • Palladius: ча (ča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caa³, caai³, zaa³
    • Yale: cha, chaai, ja
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa³, tsaai³, dzaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca³, cai³, za³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː³³/, /t͡sʰaːi̯³³/, /t͡saː³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjoH

Rime
Character	蜡
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七慮切
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	qù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜡
Reading #	2/2
No.	13279
Phonetic component	昔
Rime group	暮
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	覰
Old Chinese	/*sʰaːɡs/

Definitions

蜡

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

Compounds

• 𧈢蜡

 

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		蜡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qù (qu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qù
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü⁴
    • Yale: chyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuh
    • Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjoH

Rime
Character	蜡
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七慮切
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	qù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜡
Reading #	2/2
No.	13279
Phonetic component	昔
Rime group	暮
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	覰
Old Chinese	/*sʰaːɡs/

Definitions

蜡

1. original character of 蛆 (qū).

Etymology 4

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

Etymology 5

simp. and trad.		蜡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jí (ji²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jí
    • Wade–Giles: chi²
    • Yale: jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/

Definitions

蜡

1. a kind of insect

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B04290

Japanese

Kanji

蜡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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

Definitions

Kanji in this term
蜡
うじ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 蜡 – see the following entry.

【うじウジ】 [noun] (less common) larva, maggot Alternative spelling 蛆

(This term, 蜡, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

蜡 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa, Yale sa)

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