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蜡
蠟
là
1. candle
2. wax
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 14 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

蜡
là
candle, wax; maggot
HSK 6 14 丶

Compound Words (20)

嚼蜡
jiáolà
insipid
坐蜡
zuòlà
to be embarrassed
打蜡
dǎlà
to wax (a car, floor etc)
烃蜡
tīnglà
hydrocarbon wax
白蜡
báilà
white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
石蜡
shílà
paraffin wax
耳蜡
ěrlà
earwax
蜂蜡
fēnglà
beeswax
蜜蜡
mìlà
beeswax
虫蜡
chónglà
white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
蜡坨
làtuó
lump of wax
蜡扦
làqiān
candlestick with a spike, onto which candles are impaled
蜡染
làrǎn
batik (color printing on cloth using wax)
蜡梅
làméi
variant of [[臘梅|腊梅<làméi>]]
蜡烛
làzhú
candle
HSK 6
蜡笔
làbǐ
crayon
蜡纸
làzhǐ
wax paper
蜡台
làtái
candlestick
蜡虫
làchóng
Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
蜡质
làzhì
waxiness

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,592
Word Frequency Rank
2,760 of 84,292

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