# 蜡

| 蜡 | U+8721, &#34593; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8721 |
| ← 蜠 [U+8720] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蜢 → [U+8722] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 蠟 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 蝋 |
| Simplified | 蜡 |

### Han character

蜡 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿日 (LITA), four-corner 5416$_1$, composition ⿰虫昔)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1086, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33150
* Dae Jaweon: page 1553, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2859, character 10
* Unihan data for U+8721

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 借 | *ʔsjaːɡs, *ʔsjaːɡ |
| 唶 | *ʔsjaːɡs |
| 藉 | *zjaːɡs, *zjaːɡ |
| 躤 | *zjaːɡs |
| 蜡 | *zraːɡs, *sʰaːɡs |
| 齰 | *zraːɡs, *zraːɡ |
| 醋 | *sʰaːɡs |
| 錯 | *sʰaːɡs, *sʰaːɡ |
| 措 | *sʰaːɡs |
| 厝 | *sʰaːɡs, *sʰaːɡ |
| 逪 | *sʰaːɡ |
| 剒 | *sʰaːɡ |
| 鵲 | *sʰaɡ |
| 碏 | *sʰaɡ |
| 踖 | *sʰaɡ, *ʔsjaːɡ, *zjaːɡ |
| 趞 | *sʰaɡ |
| 皵 | *sʰaɡ, *sʰjaːɡ |
| 舄 | *sʰjaːɡ, *sʰaɡ, *sjaːɡ, *sjaːɡ |
| 斮 | *ʔsraɡ, *ʔsraːɡ |
| 簎 | *zraːwɢ, *sʰraːɡ, *zjaːɡ |
| 諎 | *ʔsraːɡ |
| 矠 | *sʰreːɡ, *zreːɡ |
| 庴 | *ʔsjaːɡ, *zjaːɡ |
| 籍 | *zjaːɡ |
| 耤 | *zjaːɡ |
| 猎 | *zjaːɡ |
| 昔 | *sjaːɡ |
| 惜 | *sjaːɡ |
| 腊 | *sjaːɡ |
| 焟 | *sjaːɡ |
| 棤 | *sjaːɡ |

### Etymology 1

* For pronunciation and definitions of 蜡 – see 蠟 (“wax; candle; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 蠟).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhà, chà (zha$^4$, cha$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˋ, ㄔㄚˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): caa$^3$ / caai$^3$ / zaa$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhà
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhà
*** Wade–Giles: cha$^4$
*** Yale: jà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jah
*** Palladius: чжа (čža)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chà
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chà
*** Wade–Giles: chʻa$^4$
*** Yale: chà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chah
*** Palladius: ча (ča)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caa$^3$ / caai$^3$ / zaa$^3$
*** Yale: cha / chaai / ja
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa$^3$ / tsaai$^3$ / dzaa$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ca$^3$ / cai$^3$ / za$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaː³³/, /t͡sʰaːi̯³³/, /t͡saː³³/
* Middle Chinese: tshjoH
Rime :
| Character | 蜡 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 七慮切 |
| Baxter | tshjoH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sʰɨʌ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sʰiɔ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sʰiɔ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sʰɨə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sʰiɔ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sʰĭo$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡sʰi̯wo$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ceoi$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːɡs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蜡 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 13279 |
| Phonetic component | 昔 |
| Rime group | 暮 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 覰 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰaːɡs/ |

#### Definitions

蜡
* A Zhou dynasty-era type of sacrificial rite.

#### Compounds

* 𧈢蜡 (bāzhà)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qù (qu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qù
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cyù
*** Wade–Giles: chʻü$^4$
*** Yale: chyù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuh
*** Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/
* Middle Chinese: tshjoH
Rime :
| Character | 蜡 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 七慮切 |
| Baxter | tshjoH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sʰɨʌ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sʰiɔ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sʰiɔ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sʰɨə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sʰiɔ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sʰĭo$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡sʰi̯wo$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ceoi$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːɡs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蜡 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 13279 |
| Phonetic component | 昔 |
| Rime group | 暮 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 覰 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰaːɡs/ |

#### Definitions

蜡
* original character of 蛆 (qū).

### Etymology 4

* For pronunciation and definitions of 蜡 – see 䖳 (“jellyfish”). (This character is a variant form of 䖳).

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jí (ji$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jí
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jí
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^2$
*** Yale: jí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
*** Palladius: цзи (czi)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi³⁵/

#### Definitions

蜡
* a kind of insect

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B04290

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): しょ (sho)、わ (wa)、じゃ (ja)、せき (seki)、しゃく (shaku)
* Kun: うじむし (ujimushi)

### Definitions

* Kanji in this term
* 蜡
* うじ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 蜡 – see the following entry. :
| 【うじウジ】 | [noun] (less common) larva, maggot Alternative spelling 蛆 |
(This term, 蜡, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

蜡 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa, Yale sa)
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