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Kotomora

蝋

wax

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Readings

On'yomi

  • ロウ

Kun'yomi

  • みつろう
  • ろうそく

Nanori

  • あじ

Meaning

蝋 centers on wax as a substance, especially beeswax or candle wax.

Most common words using 蝋

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  • 蝋ろう

    wax

  • 蝋燭ろうそく
    N2

    candle

  • 蜜蝋みつろう

    beeswax

  • パラフィン蝋パラフィンろう

    paraffin wax

  • ルビー蝋虫ルビーろうむし

    red wax scale

  • 封蝋ふうろう

    sealing wax

  • 屍蝋しろう

    adipocere (waxy substance formed by the decomposition of corpses subjected to moisture); grave wax

  • 木蝋もくろう

    vegetable wax; Japan wax; sumac wax

  • 櫨蝋はぜろう

    vegetable wax; Japan wax; sumac wax

  • 生蝋きろう

    crude Japan wax

  • 白蝋はくろう

    white wax

  • 石油蝋せきゆろう

    petroleum wax

  • 石蝋せきろう

    paraffin

  • 葉蝋石ようろうせき

    pyrophyllite

  • 藍蝋あいろう

    indigo wax; cylindrical shape made from indigo dye froth, often by boiling the froth with caustic soda, used for coloring paintings, etc.

  • 虫白蝋ちゅうはくろう

    tree wax; insect wax; Chinese wax

  • 蜜蝋石みつろうせき

    mellite

  • 蝋人形ろうにんぎょう

    wax figure; wax doll; wax model; waxwork

  • 蝋光沢ろうこうたく

    waxy lustre; waxy luster

  • 蝋引きろうびき

    waxing

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Etymology

蝋 is the modern simplified form of 蠟. The older form combines 虫 (insect) with 巤, which likely contributed the sound and referred to wax from insects. The modern right side 鼡 is a simplification.

Meaning mnemonic

The insect radical 虫 hints at beeswax from bees. The right side 鼡 looks like a mouse, but here imagine a mouse-shaped candle: 虫 + 鼡 = wax.

Reading mnemonic

For ロウ, picture a low-burning candle: low -> ロウ, and the wax slowly melts.