Keyword
candle
- wax
- maggot
- Frequency
- #2304
- Strokes
- 14
Readings
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Mnemonic
虫 (insect) gives the meaning and 昔 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
蜡烛
candle
蜡
candle; wax
蜡笔
crayon (wax type)
蜡像馆
wax museum; waxworks
蜡笔小新
Crayon Shin-chan, manga and anime series
蜡像
waxwork; wax figure
石蜡
paraffin wax
打蜡
to wax (a car, floor etc)
蜂蜡
beeswax
白蜡
white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
蜜蜡
beeswax
蜡质
waxiness
蜡染
batik (color printing on cloth using wax)
白蜡树
Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in TCM
蜡纸
wax paper; stencil paper
滴蜡
(BDSM) wax play
发蜡
pomade
味同嚼蜡
lit. tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom); fig. tasteless; insipid
黄蜡
beeswax
蜡虫
Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
蜡炬
(literary) candle
蜡疗
wax therapy (used to treat arthritis etc)