tīng​là

hydrocarbon wax

tīng, jǐng hydrocarbon Simplified

Components

Meaning component
huǒ fire

fire

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

wax Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
Sound component
xī, cuò in the past, ancient times

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzraːɡs
sʰaːɡs

說文解字

蠅䏣也。《周禮》:“蜡氏掌除骴。”从虫昔聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

hydrocarbon Traditional

Components

Meaning component
huǒ fire

fire

Sound component
jīng warp (textile)

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkeːŋʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

wax Traditional

Components

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

Sound component
liè whiskers

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlapk.rˤap (no pre-Qín exx.)wax
Zhengzhangraːb
Unicodelɑp

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang