蜡 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 14 strokes

Meaning

wax, candle, waxy, glazed, maggot

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショ
  • ジャ
  • セキ
  • シャク
Kun (native)
  • うじむし
Other languages
  • 拼音zha4
  • 拼音cha4
  • 拼音la4
  • 한글sa
  • Hán-ViệtChá
  • Hán-ViệtLạp
  • Hán-ViệtThư
  • Hán-ViệtThự
  • Hán-ViệtTrá
  • Hán-ViệtTrác

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
虫(むし)
JIS level
Level 4
Unicode
U+8721

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰虫昔

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-8