U+8721 "蜡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蜡
U+8721 "蜡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "wax" or "candle," and it is often used in compound words like 蜡烛, meaning candle. In traditional Chinese, this character is also associated with the term 蜡月 (là yuè) referring to the twelfth lunar month, though it originally denoted a type of insect or its secretion used in ancient rituals. The character combines the radical 虫 (insect) on the left and the phonetic component 昔 (meaning past or former) on the right, reflecting its historical connection to a grub or insect that produces waxy substances. Today, it remains a common character in modern Chinese writing for wax-based products and seasonal references.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8721 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 蜡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蜡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x9C 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8721 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008721 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8721 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | E3DC |
| kCCCII | 232A4F |
| kCNS1986 | 2-4D63 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-4D63 |
| kCangjie | LITA |
| kCantonese | laap6 |
| kCihaiT | 1192.202 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1553.130 |
| kDefinition | wax; candle; waxy, glazed; maggot; (same as 䄍) meaning imperial harvest |
| kEACC | 27573E |
| kFanqie | 七慮 鋤駕 |
| kFenn | 799K |
| kFennIndex | 6.06 284.07 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5416.1 |
| kGB0 | 3215 |
| kGB1 | 8843 |
| kGSR | 0798y |
| kHangul | 사:1N |
| kHanYu | 42859.100 |
| kHanyuPinlu | là(40) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42859.100:qù,zhà,jí,là |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1553.130 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42859.100 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1086.070 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-402F |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-E3DC |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-7757 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-71DB |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-6356 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-4D63 |
| kJapanese | ショ サ ジャ セキ シャク タ ダ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3106 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,87,55 |
| kJapaneseKun | UJIMUSHI |
| kJapaneseOn | SHO WA JA SEKI SHAKU |
| kJis1 | 5893 |
| kKangXi | 1086.070 |
| kKorean | SA |
| kLau | 1784 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5779 |
| kMandarin | là |
| kMatthews | 3764 |
| kMeyerWempe | 68c 3487c |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023506 |
| kMorohashi | 33150 |
| kPhonetic | 813 1194 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+18598+142.6.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 142.8 |
| kSBGY | 362.11 422.34 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+410D<kMeyerWempe U+881F<kLau,kMatthews |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "蜡" U+8721 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 614.16 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zhà粵zaa3 |
| kSpecializedSemanticVariant | U+410D U+881F<kFenn |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5779 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 206.120:là |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "蜡" U+8721 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "蠟" U+881F CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 300:320 |
| kXHC1983 | 0668.080:là 1448.190:zhà |