Chinese Character Wiki

蛹

yǒng

chrysalis

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 甬 represents the sound.

Components
虫 meaning component

虫  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

甬 sound component

甬  Sound component

yǒng, tǒng

  

path

Evolution

蛹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蛹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蛹  

yǒng

chrysalis, larva; chrysalis; pupa

Most common words with 蛹
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蛹

pupa

蚕蛹

pupa

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3974th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+86F9

Shuowen

“蛹，繭蟲也。从虫，甬聲。”


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