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蠟
蠟 ＝ 虫 ＋ 巤
ㄌㄚˋ · là
noun — wax
字源 FORM — what the parts do
虫義an insect — the bee that secretes it
巤聲liè — gives the soundthe same right half worn into 臘
FTliè → là — the final and tone reshape
An insect (虫) for the bee that makes it, 巤 liè on the right for the sound — the piece also in 臘. The wax: 蜂蠟、蠟燭.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
蜂（虫）一格格築起蜂房，黃澄澄的蠟一層層堆——蠟。
The bee (虫) builds its cells comb by comb, the yellow wax layering up — 蠟.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)蜂蠟— beeswax常用
→蠟燭— candle常用
⇒蠟筆— crayon
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension