Unicode: U+8721

Pinyin: chà là jí zhà qù

Definition

là:* 动物、植物或矿物所产生的油质,具有可塑性,易熔化,不溶于水,可溶于二硫化碳和苯。 石~。蜂~。~版。~笔。~疗。~染。~人。~纸。~烛。~黄(形容颜色黄得像蜡)。~丸。 zhà:* 古时的祭礼,于年终大祭万物,周朝称为"蜡"。 qù:* 蝇蛆

wax; candle; waxy, glazed; maggot; as a non-simplified form sometimes used as an equivalent to U+410D 䄍, meaning imperial harvest

Structure

蜡 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_8721
Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
94_E40A
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
85_E38C

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC