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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
là | la4
English translation
candle, wax; maggot

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Number of strokes

21

Traditional form

Contains the radical

chóng

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

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insect

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

虫巤

Semantic compound

chóng

Phonetic compound

liè

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chóng represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
蜡烛 làzhú candle蠟燭
wax
蜡笔 là bǐ crayon蠟筆
石蜡 shí là paraffin wax石蠟
蜡像馆 là xiàng guǎn waxworks蠟像館
打蜡 dǎ là to wax (a car, floor etc)打蠟
蜡染 là rǎn batik (color printing on cloth using wax)蠟染
发蜡 fà là pomade髮蠟
蜂蜡 fēng là beeswax蜂蠟
蜡纸 là zhǐ wax paper蠟紙
白蜡 bái là white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)白蠟
味同嚼蜡 wèi tóng jiáo là tasteless味同嚼蠟
蜜蜡 mì là beeswax蜜蠟
白蜡树 bái là shù Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in TCM白蠟樹
黄蜡 huáng là beeswax黃蠟
嚼蜡 jiáo là insipid嚼蠟
蜡疗 là liáo wax therapy (used to treat arthritis etc)蠟療
蜡台 là tái candlestick蠟臺
吹灯拔蜡 chuī dēng bá là fig. to die吹燈拔蠟
坐蜡 zuò là to be embarrassed坐蠟
白蜡虫 bái là chóng Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)白蠟蟲

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