蛻

Information about character(s)

Radical: 虫
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 13
Simplified Form: 蜕

Pronunciation

Pinyin: tuì
Cantonese: seoi3 teoi3
JapaneseKun: NUKEGARA
JapaneseOn: ZEI SEI TAI
Korean: SEY

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: molt, exuviate, shed

CE-Dict: skin cast off during molting/exuvia/to pupate/to molt/to slough/to cast off an old skin or shell

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.the skin or moult cast off by snakes and insects

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: exuviae - 動
pellicle - 動

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: exuviate

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: exuviate

湘雅醫學專業詞典: exuviae;exuvium;molt;spoile

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《虫部》蛻蛇蟬所解皮也。从虫，捝省。

康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】蛻
【唐韻】舒芮切【韻會】【正韻】輸芮切，𠀤音稅。【說文】蛇蟬所解皮。【莊子·寓言篇】予，蜩甲也，蛇蛻也，似之而非也。【神仙傳】王方平死三日，夜忽失其屍，衣冠不解，如蛇蛻耳。【史記·屈原列傳】蟬蛻于濁穢。【夏侯湛·東方朔畫贊序】蟬蛻龍變，棄俗登仙。　又【廣韻】他外切，音娧。湯臥切，音唾。義𠀤同。　又【集韻】輸爇切，音說。復蜟也。　又蟬蛻之蛻亦叶失爇切。【郭璞·遊仙詩】吐納致眞和，一朝忽虛蛻。飄然凌太淸，眇爾景長滅。　又【類篇】欲雪切，音悅。【揚子·方言】蠭或謂之蚴蛻。【博雅】蚴蛻，蠮螉也。

CF-Dict: dépouille/changer de peau, muer

Han-De-Dict: sich häuten (u.E.) (V, Bio)