蛻

蛻 U+86FB, 蛻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86FB ← 蛺 [U+86FA] CJK Unified Ideographs 蛼 → [U+86FC]

蛻 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈金口山 (LICRU), four-corner 5811₆, composition ⿰虫兌)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1083, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33078
• Dae Jaweon: page 1551, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 4, page 2857, character 11
• Unihan data for U+86FB

trad.		蛻/蜕
simp.		蜕
alternative forms		脫／脱

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/s-lwat (“free, release, slip, dislocate”) (STEDT).

蛻

1. to shed; to molt; to exuviate
2. exuviae; skin or shell that has been cast off
3. to change; to metamorphose
4. (Taoism, Buddhism) to die; to ascend; to depart for one's next life

蛻

1. Only used in 蚴蛻／蚴蜕.

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. exuvia, moult

• On (unclassified): ぜい (zei)、せい (sei)、たい (tai)
• Kun: もぬける (monukeru, 蛻ける)、もぬけ (monuke, 蛻け)、もぬけ (monuke, 蛻)、ぬけがら (nukegara, 蛻)

• 蝉(せん)蛻(ぜい) (senzei)
• 蛇(だ)蛻(ぜい) (dazei)

Kanji in this term
蛻
もぬけ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 蛻 – see the following entry.

【もぬけ】 [noun] exuvia, moult Alternative spellings 蛻け, 藻抜け

(This term, 蛻, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Kanji in this term
蛻
ぬけがら Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 蛻 – see the following entry.

【ぬけがら】 [noun] the molted exoskeleton of an insect or crustacean, exuvia; moult [noun] hollowed remains (in general) Alternative spellings 抜け殻, 脱け殻, 抜殻, 脱殻

(This term, 蛻, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

蛻 • (se) (hangeul 세, revised se, McCune–Reischauer se, Yale sey)

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