Memory phrase for the character: 蜡

蜡



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Meaning

candle, wax

Pronunciation

 là

Explanation

 Left: insect 虫 (here: a bee 蜂), right: former times 昔 (Together 共 in the sun 日 we think of former times)

Mnemonic
 
This insect (= the bee) was in former times used for the wax of the candles.

Radicals

虫 insectThe body 口 and the sting ム of an insect. Also this radical 昆 is understood as insect.
昔 former times
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 Vocabulary

蜡烛 là zhú  candle
石蜡 shí là  paraffin wax
白蜡 bái là  white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
白蜡 bái là  

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