蝋 = 虫 + 鼡

蝋 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “wax”. It is built from 虫 (insects) and 鼡 (rat).

Keyword: wax
Pinyin (Mandarin): là
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: воск
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 蝋 wax

Decomposition

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虫 insects
鼡 rat

How to find 蝋 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “insects” + “rat”. 蝋 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 蝋 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.