Chinese Character 蜡 Meanings and components.

Form

蜡

Meaning

蜡 meaning[3] in English

Candle.

Wax.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 蜡 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are lower form of … (虫) , and surname Xi (昔)

Its radical[1] is: 虫 (chong2) which means: Lower Form Of Animal Life, Including Insects, Insect Larvae, Worms And Similar Creatures, Cl:條|条[Tiao2],隻|只[Zhi1], (Fig.) Person With A Particular Undesirable Characteristic, .虫chong2lower form …

In cangjie it is written with LITA

How to write 蜡

To write蜡la4candle you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 昔xi1surname Xi arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 昔 = 蜡

蜡 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 蜡 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 蜡, looks as follow:

蜡
Pinyin:la4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Candle . Wax
虫
Pinyin:chong2
Meaning[3]: Lower Form Of Animal Life, Including Insects, Insect Larvae, Worms And Similar Creatures . Cl:條|条[Tiao2],隻|只[Zhi1] . (Fig.) Person With A Particular Undesirable Characteristic
昔
Pinyin:xi1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi
龷
Pinyin:龷5
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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