Character

蜡

là HSK 7

蜡 là HSK 7

1. wax (solid fatty substance extracted from animals, plants, or petroleum)
2. candle (cylindrical object with a wick, made of wax or fat for lighting)
3. pale yellow (like the color of beeswax)

Words using 蜡 as là (1)

Structure & writing

蜡 là — wax (solid fatty substance extracted from animals, plants, or petroleum)

蜡 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

1 虫 chóng — person with a certain trait (often derogatory or humorous)

虫 is a component in 28 characters

HSK 1

蛋 dàn egg (of birds, turtles, snakes, etc.); a shelled ovum that can hatch if fertilized

HSK 2

虽 suī although; even though (used in the first clause, often paired with 'but' in the second clause)

HSK 5

独 dú single; alone 蛇 shé snake; a legless, scaly reptile, often venomous 蝴 hú used in 蝴蝶 (butterfly): insect with large, colorful wings held upright at rest, slender abdomen, feeds on nectar; some larvae are pests, others prey on aphids 蝶 dié butterfly 触 chù to touch, bump into, or encounter

HSK 6

虹 hóng rainbow (colorful arc in the sky after rain, with seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet) 蚁 yǐ ant (small insect living in colonies, typically black, brown, or red, with threadlike or clubbed antennae and a narrow waist) 蚂 mǎ see "蚂蟥"; common name for leeches 蜂 fēng bee, wasp, or hornet; a hymenopteran insect with a venomous sting 蜜 mì honey, the thick sweet liquid produced by bees from flower nectar

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融 róng melt; soften when heated

HSK 7

浊 zhuó (of water, air, etc.) murky, impure, turbid — opposite of 清烛 zhú candle, a wax object with a wick used for lighting 虾 xiā shrimp; prawn (aquatic arthropod with segmented body and thin transparent shell) 蚀 shí to lose; to damage; to deplete 蚊 wén mosquito

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蛀 zhù wood-boring or fabric-eating insect; moth; weevil 蛙 wā frog (amphibian that hatches from eggs as tadpoles, with no tail, long hind legs, short forelegs, and webbed toes; good at jumping and swimming; feeds on insects, beneficial to agriculture) 蛮 mán rude and unreasonable 蜡 là wax (solid fatty substance extracted from animals, plants, or petroleum) 蝇 yíng fly (insect); housefly 螃 páng crab (crustacean with a hard shell, claws, and sideways gait) 螺 luó snail or spiral-shelled mollusk (e.g. freshwater snail, conch, screw snail) 蟹 xiè crab; arthropod amphibious creature with a hard shell, clawed front legs, and a segmented abdomen 蠢 chǔn slow-witted, stupid, clumsy and inflexible 骚 sāo to disturb, to cause unrest

2 昔 xī — the past; former times (opposite of 今)

昔 is a component in 9 characters

HSK 2

错 cuò uneven; mixed and varied

HSK 3

借 jiè to borrow (something to be returned later)

HSK 4

惜 xī to cherish and value; not to discard carelessly 籍 jí books; records and catalogues

HSK 5

措 cuò to arrange; to handle

HSK 6

醋 cù vinegar (sour condiment made by fermenting grains such as sorghum or rice)

HSK 7

猎 liè to hunt; to catch animals or birds 腊 là ancient winter sacrifice to the gods held in the 12th lunar month 蜡 là wax (solid fatty substance extracted from animals, plants, or petroleum)

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