U+8721 "蜡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
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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
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
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
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
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
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42859.100
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
kSimplifiedVariant
kSMSZD2003Index
614.16
kSMSZD2003Readings
zhà粵zaa3
kSpecializedSemanticVariant
U+410D U+881F<kFenn
kTaiwanTelegraph
5779
kTGHZ2013
206.120:là
kTotalStrokes
14
kTraditionalVariant
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kXerox
300:320
kXHC1983
0668.080:là 1448.190:zhà