蛻

See also: 蜕

蛻	U+86FB, 蛻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86FB

← 蛺
[U+86FA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蛼 →
[U+86FC]

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

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

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (兌) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
毤	*l̥ʰoːds
蛻	l'oːds, l̥ʰoːds, hljods, lod, *lod
娧	l̥ʰoːds, lod
駾	*l̥ʰoːds
裞	l̥ʰoːds, hljods
兌	*l'oːds
綐	*l'oːds
銳	l'oːds, lods
帨	stʰods, hljods
稅	*hljods
說	hljods, hljod, *lod
涚	*hljods
䫄	*rtʰoːd
脫	l̥ʰoːd, l'oːd
侻	*l̥ʰoːd
挩	l̥ʰoːd, l'oːd
莌	l̥ʰoːd, l'oːd
梲	l̥ʰoːd, ʔljod, *l̥ʰuːd
鮵	*l'oːd
敓	*l'oːd
痥	*l'oːd
悅	lod, lod
閱	*lod

Etymology

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

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tuì, shuì (tui⁴, shui⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ, ㄕㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi³ / teoi³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thòe / thùi
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵thoe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tuèi
  - Wade–Giles: tʻui⁴
  - Yale: twèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuey
  - Palladius: туй (tuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuèi
  - Wade–Giles: shui⁴
  - Yale: shwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuey
  - Palladius: шуй (šuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: seoi³ / teoi³
  - Yale: seui / teui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey³ / toey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu³ / têu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³³/, /tʰɵy̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thòe / thùi
  - Tâi-lô: thuè / thuì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: toex, tuix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰue²¹/, /tʰui²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰue⁴¹/, /tʰui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰue²¹/, /tʰui²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰue¹¹/, /tʰui¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰue²¹/, /tʰui²¹/

Note:

thòe - literary;
thuì - vernacular.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵thoe
  - MiniDict: thoe^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²thoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰø³⁴/

Middle Chinese: sywejH, thwajH, thwaH

Rime
Character	蛻	蛻	蛻
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	透 (6)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	祭 (36)	泰 (26)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I	I
Fanqie	舒芮切	他外切	湯卧切
Baxter	sywejH	thwajH	thwaH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiuᴇi^H/	/tʰuɑi^H/	/tʰuɑ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕʷiɛi^H/	/tʰʷɑi^H/	/tʰuɑ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiuæi^H/	/tʰuɑi^H/	/tʰuɑ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕwiaj^H/	/tʰwaj^H/	/tʰwa^H/
Li Rong	/ɕiuɛi^H/	/tʰuɑi^H/	/tʰuɑ^H/
Wang Li	/ɕĭwɛi^H/	/tʰuɑi^H/	/tʰuɑ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯wɛi^H/	/tʰuɑi^H/	/tʰuɑ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shuì	tuì	tuò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi³	teoi³	to³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤot-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*l'oːds/, /*l̥ʰoːds/, /*hljods/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蛻
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tuì
Middle Chinese	‹ thwaj^H ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁot-s/
English	exuviae of insects or reptiles
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蛻	蛻	蛻
Reading #	1/5	2/5	3/5
No.	2542	2543	2554
Phonetic component	兑	兑	兑
Rime group	祭	祭	祭
Rime subdivision	3	3	3
Corresponding MC rime		娧	稅
Old Chinese	/*l'oːds/	/*l̥ʰoːds/	/*hljods/

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

蛇蛻 / 蛇蜕 (shétuì)
蛻化 / 蜕化 (tuìhuà)
蛻皮 / 蜕皮 (tuìpí)
蛻變 / 蜕变
蟬蛻 / 蝉蜕 (chántuì)
貝他蛻變 / 贝他蜕变
阿伐蛻變 / 阿伐蜕变

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuè (yue⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
  - Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴
  - Yale: ywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
  - Palladius: юэ (jue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: ywet

Rime
Character	蛻
Reading #	4/4
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	薛 (82)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	弋雪切
Baxter	ywet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiuᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/juæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwiat̚/
Li Rong	/iuɛt̚/
Wang Li	/jĭuɛt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯wɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyut⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*lot/

(Zhengzhang): /*lod/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蛻
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yuè
Middle Chinese	‹ ywet ›
Old Chinese	/*lot/
English	exuviae of insects or reptiles
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蛻	蛻
Reading #	4/5	5/5
No.	2574	2578
Phonetic component	兑	兑
Rime group	月	月
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	悅	悅
Old Chinese	/*lod/	/*lod/

Definitions

蛻

only used in 蚴蛻／蚴蜕

Japanese

Kanji

蛻

(Hyōgai kanji)

exuvia, moult

Readings

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)

Compounds

蝉(せん)蛻(ぜい) (senzei)
蛇(だ)蛻(ぜい) (dazei)

Etymology 1

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.)

Etymology 2

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.)

Korean

Hanja

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

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