U+881F "蠟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+881F "蠟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a complex Chinese character that is commonly used in East Asian languages, most notably in Traditional Chinese and Japanese, where it primarily signifies "wax" or "candle." This ideograph is composed of a radical component related to insects or worms, reflecting its historical association with beeswax, and a phonetic element contributing to its pronunciation. In modern usage, it appears in words for substances like candle wax, sealing wax, or floor wax, and it is also found in classical texts referring to beeswax or waxy materials. The character's structure and meaning illustrate the rich interplay between visual representation and linguistic function in the CJK writing system, where a single character can convey a specific material concept across different cultures.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
蠟 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
蠟 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE8 0xA0 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x881F |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000881F |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u881f |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
C4FA |
| kCCCII |
21573E |
| kCNS1986 |
1-7B27 |
| kCNS1992 |
1-7B27 |
| kCangjie |
LIVVV |
| kCantonese |
laap6 |
| kCihaiT |
1200.406 |
| kCowles |
2192 |
| kDaeJaweon |
1565.080 |
| kDefinition |
wax; candle; waxy, glazed |
| kEACC |
21573E |
| kFanqie |
盧盍 |
| kFenn |
690E |
| kFennIndex |
284.07 |
| kFourCornerCode |
5211.6 |
| kGB1 |
3215 |
| kGradeLevel |
6 |
| kHangul |
납:0 랍:0N |
| kHanYu |
42903.060 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
là(40) |
| kHanyuPinyin |
42903.060:là |
| kHKGlyph |
3663 |
| kIICore |
ATHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
1565.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
42903.060 |
| kIRGKangXi |
1101.310 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G1-402F |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB1-C4FA |
| kIRG_JSource |
J13-7B67 |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP0-D7CF |
| kIRG_KSource |
K0-5545 |
| kIRG_TSource |
T1-7B27 |
| kIRG_VSource |
V1-663C |
| kJapanese |
ロウ |
| kJinmeiyoKanji |
2010 |
| kKoreanName |
2015 |
| kJIS0213 |
1,91,71 |
| kJapaneseKun |
MITSUROU ROUSOKU |
| kJapaneseOn |
ROU |
| kJis1 |
5988 |
| kKangXi |
1101.310 |
| kKarlgren |
550 |
| kKorean |
LAP |
| kLau |
1784 |
| kMandarin |
là |
| kMatthews |
3764 |
| kMeyerWempe |
1455 |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ023805 MJ023805:E0101 MJ058666:E0102 |
| kMorohashi |
33786 33786:E0101 |
| kNelson |
4200 |
| kPhonetic |
813 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 |
C+7813+142.6.15 |
| kRSUnicode |
142.15 |
| kSBGY |
537.04 |
| kSemanticVariant |
U+8721<kLau,kMatthews |
| kSimplifiedVariant |
"蜡" U+8721 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
623.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings |
là粵laap6 |
| kSpecializedSemanticVariant |
U+8721<kFenn |
| kTaiwanTelegraph |
5866 |
| kTang |
*lɑp |
| kTotalStrokes |
21 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese |
rệp |
| kXerox |
254:330 |
| kXHC1983 |
0668.081:là |