蠟 — 21 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
道準1University / general ／ 21 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
- On
- ロウ
- Kun
- みつろう・ろうそく
- Meaning
- wax
Origin
Insect 虫 with 巤 as phonetic: the wax taken from bees and the like.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 蠟燭ろうそく
candle
- 蜜蠟みつろう
beeswax
Example
停電したので蠟燭をともした。
The power went out, so we lit a candle.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)