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Translingual
Han character
蛻 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈金口山 (LICRU), four-corner 58116, composition ⿰虫兌)
References
- 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
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 毤
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*l̥ʰoːds
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| 蛻
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*l'oːds, *l̥ʰoːds, *hljods, *lod, *lod
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| 娧
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*l̥ʰoːds, *lod
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| 駾
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*l̥ʰoːds
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| 裞
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*l̥ʰoːds, *hljods
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| 兌
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*l'oːds
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| 綐
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*l'oːds
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| 銳
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*l'oːds, *lods
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| 帨
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*stʰods, *hljods
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| 稅
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*hljods
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| 說
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*hljods, *hljod, *lod
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| 涚
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*hljods
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| 䫄
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*rtʰoːd
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| 脫
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*l̥ʰoːd, *l'oːd
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| 侻
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*l̥ʰoːd
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| 挩
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*l̥ʰoːd, *l'oːd
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| 莌
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*l̥ʰoːd, *l'oːd
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| 梲
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*l̥ʰoːd, *ʔljod, *l̥ʰuːd
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| 鮵
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*l'oːd
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| 敓
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*l'oːd
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| 痥
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*l'oːd
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| 悅
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*lod, *lod
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| 閱
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*lod
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Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/s-lwat (“free, release, slip, dislocate”) (STEDT).
Pronunciation 1
Note:
- thòe - literary;
- thuì - vernacular.
| Rime
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| Character
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蛻
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蛻
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蛻
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| Reading #
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1/4
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2/4
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3/4
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| Initial (聲)
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書 (26)
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透 (6)
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透 (6)
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| Final (韻)
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祭 (36)
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泰 (26)
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戈 (95)
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| Tone (調)
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Departing (H)
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Departing (H)
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Departing (H)
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| Openness (開合)
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Closed
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Closed
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Closed
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| Division (等)
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III
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I
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I
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| Fanqie
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舒芮切
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他外切
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湯卧切
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| Baxter
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sywejH
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thwajH
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thwaH
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/ɕiuᴇiH/
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/tʰuɑiH/
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/tʰuɑH/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/ɕʷiɛiH/
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/tʰʷɑiH/
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/tʰuɑH/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/ɕiuæiH/
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/tʰuɑiH/
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/tʰuɑH/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/ɕwiajH/
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/tʰwajH/
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/tʰwaH/
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Li
Rong
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/ɕiuɛiH/
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/tʰuɑiH/
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/tʰuɑH/
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Wang
Li
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/ɕĭwɛiH/
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/tʰuɑiH/
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/tʰuɑH/
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Bernard
Karlgren
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/ɕi̯wɛiH/
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/tʰuɑiH/
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/tʰuɑH/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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shuì
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tuì
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tuò
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
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seoi3
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teoi3
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to3
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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蛻
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| Reading #
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1/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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tuì
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ thwajH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*l̥ˁot-s/
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| English
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exuviae of insects or reptiles
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蛻
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蛻
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蛻
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| Reading #
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1/5
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2/5
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3/5
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| No.
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2542
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2543
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2554
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Phonetic
component
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兑
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兑
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兑
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Rime
group
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祭
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祭
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祭
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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3
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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娧
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稅
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Old
Chinese
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/*l'oːds/
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/*l̥ʰoːds/
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/*hljods/
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Definitions
蛻
- to shed; to molt; to exuviate
- exuviae; skin or shell that has been cast off
- to change; to metamorphose
- (Taoism, Buddhism) to die; to ascend; to depart for one's next life
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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蛻
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| Reading #
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yuè
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ywet ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*lot/
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| English
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exuviae of insects or reptiles
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蛻
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蛻
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| Reading #
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4/5
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5/5
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| No.
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2574
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2578
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Phonetic
component
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兑
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兑
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Rime
group
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月
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月
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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悅
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悅
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Old
Chinese
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/*lod/
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/*lod/
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Definitions
蛻
- Only used in 蚴蛻／蚴蜕.
Japanese
Kanji
蛻
(Hyōgai kanji)
- exuvia, moult
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
| For pronunciation and definitions of 蛻 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 蛻, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 蛻 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 蛻, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Hanja
蛻 • (se) (hangeul 세, revised se, McCune–Reischauer se, Yale sey)
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