Hanja Analyzer
蜡

蜡 — sa

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
납향 사
Romanization
sa
English
wax; candle; waxy, glazed; maggot; (same as 䄍) meaning imperial harvest
Mandarin
là
Japanese on'yomi
ショ, サ, ジャ, セキ, シャク, タ, ダ
Japanese kun'yomi
うじむし
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
14
Radical
虫 (142, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
昔
Unicode
U+8721

Characters sharing the phonetic 昔

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

借 剒 厝 唶 惜 措 斮 碏 腊 踖 醋 錯 鵲

Other hanja read “사”

乍 亊 事 些 仕 伺 似 佀 佘 使 俟 倳 傞 傻 僿 儩 写 冩 剚 卸 厶 叓 史 司 咋 唆 喳 嗄 嗣 四 士 奢 姒 娑 寫 寺 射 巳 師 徙 思 戺 捨 斜 斯 查 柶 査 梭 楂 榭 死 汜 沙 泗 涘 渣 瀉 献 獅

Other hanja with radical 虫

虫 虬 虯 虱 虹 虺 虻 蚊 蚋 蚌 蚍 蚓 蚕 蚣 蚤 蚨 蚩 蚪 蚯 蚰 蚱 蚳 蚴 蛀 蛅 蛆 蛇 蛉 蛋 蛍 蛔 蛙 蛛 蛞 蛟 蛣 蛤 蛩 蛬 蛭 蛮 蛸 蛹 蛻 蛾 蜀 蜂 蜃 蜆 蜈 蜉 蜊 蜋 蜎 蜑 蜕 蜖 蜘 蜚 蜜

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