蠟

See also: 蜡 and 蝋
蠟 U+881F, 蠟
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-881F
← 蠞
[U+881E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蠠 →
[U+8820]

Translingual

Traditional 蠟
Shinjitai
(extended)		 蝋
Simplified 蜡

Han character

蠟 (radical 142, 虫+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 中戈女女女 (LIVVV), four-corner 52116, composition ⿰虫巤)

References

  • KangXi: page 1101, character 31
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33786
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1565, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2903, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+881F

Chinese

trad. 蠟
simp. 蜡*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (巤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
鑞 *raːb
蠟 *raːb
邋 *raːb, *rab
臘 *raːb
臈 *raːb
擸 *raːb, *rab
擖 *kʰreːd, *kraːd, *r'aːb
獵 *rab
躐 *rab
鬣 *rab
儠 *rab
犣 *rab
鱲 *rab
巤 *rab
獦 *klaːd, *rab

Pronunciation

Note:
  • la̍p - literary;
  • la̍h - vernacular.
Rime
Character 蠟
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 盍 (144)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 盧盍切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /lɑp̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /lɑp̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /lɑp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /lap̚/
Li
Rong		 /lɑp̚/
Wang
Li		 /lɑp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /lɑp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 là
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蠟
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 là
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ lap ›
Old
Chinese		 /*k.rˤap/ (no pre-Qín exx.)
English wax

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蠟
Reading # 1/1
No. 8144
Phonetic
component		 巤
Rime
group		 盍
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 臘
Old
Chinese		 /*raːb/

Definitions

蠟

  1. wax
  2. candle
  3. light yellow

Compounds

  • 封蠟／封蜡 (fēnglà)
  • 石蠟／石蜡 (shílà)
  • 蠟丸／蜡丸
  • 蠟丸兒／蜡丸儿
  • 蠟人／蜡人
  • 蠟人兒／蜡人儿
  • 蠟台／蜡台
  • 蠟嘴／蜡嘴
  • 蠟石／蜡石
  • 蠟筆／蜡笔 (làbǐ)
  • 蠟紙／蜡纸 (làzhǐ)
  • 蠟纈／蜡缬
  • 蠟花／蜡花
  • 蠟花兒／蜡花儿
  • 蠟蟲／蜡虫
  • 蠟黃／蜡黄

Descendants

  • → Mongolian:

Japanese

Shinjitai

 蝋

Kyūjitai

 蠟

Kanji

蠟

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 蝋)

  1. wax
  2. candle
  3. waxy
  4. glazed

Readings

Korean

Hanja

蠟 • (rap>nap) (hangeul 랍>납)

  1. wax
  2. candle

Vietnamese

Han character

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References

  • Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
  • Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
  • Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
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