Chinese Character Wiki

蜕

tuì

molt

An insect 虫 changing 兑 its skin; 兑 also provides the pronunciation

Components
虫 meaning component

虫  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

兑 meaning component

兑  Meaning component

duì

  

exchange

Evolution

蜕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蜕 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
蜕 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

蜕 (蛻) 

tuì

molt, exuviate, shed; skin cast off during molting; exuvia; to pupate; to molt; to slough; to cast off an old skin or shell

Most common words with 蜕
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蜕变

to transform

蜕

exuvia

蜕皮

exuvium

蜕化

to metamorphose

蜕化变质

to become depraved

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*l̥ˤot-s

thwajH

tuì

exuviae of insects or reptiles

*lot

ywet

yuè

exuviae of insects or reptiles


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3624th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Traditional

蛻

Unicode

U+8715


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