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蜡
là
candle, wax; maggot
🔤 Pictophonetic:
虫 (insect) provides meaning, 昔 provides pronunciation
Words Using 蜡 (41)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
蜡烛
làzhú
candle / CL:[[根<gēn>]], [[支<zhī>]]
6
蜡烛
làzhú
candle / CL:[[根<gēn>]], [[支<zhī>]]
蜡
là
candle / wax
蜡
là
candle / wax
味同嚼蜡
wèitóngjiáolà
tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom) / tasteless / insipid
味同嚼蜡
wèitóngjiáolà
tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom) / tasteless / insipid
坐蜡
zuòlà
to be embarrassed / to be put in a difficult situation
坐蜡
zuòlà
to be embarrassed / to be put in a difficult situation
打蜡
dǎlà
to wax (a car, floor etc)
打蜡
dǎlà
to wax (a car, floor etc)
斑翅拟蜡嘴雀
bānchìnǐlàzuǐquè
(Chinese bird species) spot-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas melanozanthos)
斑翅拟蜡嘴雀
bānchìnǐlàzuǐquè
(Chinese bird species) spot-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas melanozanthos)
白斑翅拟蜡嘴雀
báibānchìnǐlàzuǐquè
(Chinese bird species) white-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas carnipes)
白斑翅拟蜡嘴雀
báibānchìnǐlàzuǐquè
(Chinese bird species) white-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas carnipes)
烃蜡
tīnglà
hydrocarbon wax
烃蜡
tīnglà
hydrocarbon wax
白蜡
báilà
white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
白蜡
báilà
white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
嚼蜡
jiáolà
insipid
嚼蜡
jiáolà
insipid
Component Breakdown
Each color represents a different component
⿰虫昔
i
Component Tree i
zhōng
中
central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
💡 Ideographic:
A line 丨 through the center of a box 口
4 strokes
HSK 1
unknown
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Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical
2 strokes
yī
一
one; a, an; alone
💡 Ideographic:
Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1
1 strokes
HSK 1