Chinese Character 蠟 Meanings and components.

Form

蠟

Meaning

蠟 meaning[3] in English

Candle.

Wax.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 蠟 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are lower form of … (虫) , and old variant of … (巤)

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 LIVVV

How to write 蠟

To write蠟la4candle you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 巤lie4old variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 巤 = 蠟

蠟 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蠟
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
巤
Pinyin:lie4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 鬣[Lie4]
巛
Pinyin:chuan1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 川[Chuan1]
鼠
Pinyin:shu3
Meaning[3]: Rat . Mouse . Cl:隻|只[Zhi1]
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Pinyin:?

Notes

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

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

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