Entry
  1. Noun

    adipocere (waxy substance formed by the decomposition of corpses subjected to moisture); grave wax

Also written 死蝋【しろう】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

corpse

Kun
しかばね
On
Strokes
9
Radical
corpse

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
3-3-6SKIP code
3r6.2The Kanji Dictionary
7721.1Four corner code
5c4dUnicode hex code
1-27-51JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1391Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1420New Nelson (John Haig)
3099New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3843Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2222Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2332Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
7688Morohashi
shi1Pinyin reading
siKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

wax

Kun
みつろうろうそく
On
ロウ
Strokes
14
Radical
insect

Built from

Used in names as

あじ

Dictionary and index codes (13)
CodeReference
1-6-8SKIP code
6d15.1The Kanji Dictionary
5211.6Four corner code
874bUnicode hex code
1-47-25JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4200Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5332New Nelson (John Haig)
1751Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2688Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2727Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
33786XMorohashi
la4, zha4Pinyin reading
rabKorean reading