蝋

蝋 U+874B, 蝋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-874B ← 蝊 [U+874A] CJK Unified Ideographs 蝌 → [U+874C]

Traditional	蠟
Shinjitai (extended)	蝋
Simplified	蜡

蝋 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈火竹弓 (LIFHN), composition ⿰虫鼡)

1. wax
2. candle
3. waxy, glazed

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1088, character 34
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 4, page 2866, character 2
• Unihan data for U+874B

Shinjitai (extended)	蝋
Kyūjitai	蠟

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 蠟)

1. Extended shinjitai form of 蠟: wax; candle; waxy; glazed

• Go-on: ろう (rō)^{←らふ (rafu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ろう (rō)^{←らふ (rafu, historical)}

This is one of the 22 widely used extended shinjitai (簡(かん)易(い)慣(かん)用(よう)字(じ)体(たい) (kan'i kan'yō jitai)).

Kanji in this term
蝋
ろう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
蠟 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 蠟 (MC lap).

• (Tokyo) ろー [róꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ː]

蝋(ろう) • (rō) ^{←らふ (rafu)?}

1. wax