蜡 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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là

wax

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 昔 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蠟.

Components

虫 Meaning component

chóng

bug, insect

昔 Sound component

xī

in the past, ancient times

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

là

wax; candle; waxy, glazed; maggot; as a non-simplified form sometimes used as an equivalent to U+410D 䄍, meaning imperial harvest

Most common words with 蜡

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 8.3614% of movies

2037th most common character in movies

2593rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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