1. 蜡
  2. 烛

蜡

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Meta:

  1. 蜡 is the 2588th most frequent character.
  2. 蜡 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 蜡 appears as a character in 11 words.
  4. 蜡 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
蜡 => 虫, 昔
Radical :
蜡 => 虫 (insect), 艹 (grass), 一 (one), 日 (sun/day)
Graphical :
蜡 => 口, 丨, 𠂉, 艹, 一, 口, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. la4 - candle/wax

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

蜡烛 (蠟燭)
蜡笔 (蠟筆)
蜡笔小新 (蠟筆小新)

Medium Frequency

石蜡 (石蠟)
蜜蜡 (蜜蠟)
蜡像馆 (蠟像館)
发蜡 (髮蠟)

烛

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Meta:

  1. 烛 is the 2532nd most frequent character.
  2. 烛 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 烛 appears as a character in 11 words.
  4. 烛 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
烛 => 火, 虫
Radical :
烛 => 火 (fire), 虫 (insect)
Graphical :
烛 => 丿, 丶, 冫, 口, 丨, 𠂉

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhu2 - candle/(literary) to illuminate

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

烛火 (燭火)
蜡烛 (蠟燭)

Medium Frequency

烛光 (燭光)
烛台 (燭臺)
香烛 (香燭)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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