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蠟 — 21 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

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On
ロウろう · rō
Kun
みつろう・ろうそくmitsurō · rōsoku
Meaning
wax

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Insect 虫 with 巤 as phonetic: the wax taken from bees and the like.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蠟燭ろうそく

    candle

  • 蜜蠟みつろう

    beeswax

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

停電(ていでん)したので蠟燭(ろうそく)をともした。

The power went out, so we lit a candle.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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