蝋 — kanji meaning “wax”
蝋
wax
- Meanings
- wax
- On'yomi
- ロウ (rou)
- Kun'yomi
- みつろう、ろうそく
- Name readings
- あじ
- Strokes
- 14
- Classical radical
- 142
- Chinese reading
- là, zhà
Words with 蝋
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蝋燭 | ろうそく rousoku | candle |
| 蜜蝋 | みつろう mitsurou | beeswax |
| 蝋梅 | ろうばい roubai | wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox); Japanese allspice |
| 封蝋 | ふうろう fuurou | sealing wax |
| 木蝋 | もくろう mokurou | vegetable wax; Japan wax; sumac wax |
| 屍蝋 | しろう shirou | adipocere (waxy substance formed by the decomposition of corpses subjected to moisture); grave wax |
| 蝋細工 | ろうざいく rouzaiku | waxwork |
| 蝋人形 | ろうにんぎょう rouningyou | wax figure; wax doll; wax model |
| 石蝋 | せきろう sekirou | paraffin |
| 蝋石 | ろうせき rouseki | agalmatolite; pagodite; figure stone |
| 蝋染め | ろうぞめ rouzome | batik |
| 蝋紙 | ろうがみ rougami | wax paper |
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