蛹

蛹

蛹 U+86F9, 蛹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86F9 ← 蛸 [U+86F8] CJK Unified Ideographs 蛺 → [U+86FA]

Translingual

Han character

蛹 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈弓戈月 (LINIB), four-corner 5712₇, composition ⿰虫甬)

References

• KangXi: page 1083, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33076
• Dae Jaweon: page 1551, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2858, character 6
• Unihan data for U+86F9

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蛹

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
通	*l̥ʰoːŋ
俑	*l̥ʰoːŋ, *loŋʔ
蓪	*l̥ʰoːŋ
桶	*l̥ʰoːŋʔ, *l'oːŋʔ
捅	*l̥ʰoːŋʔ
痛	*l̥ʰoːŋs
筩	*l'oːŋ
誦	*ljoŋs
傭	*l̥ʰoŋ, *loŋ
慵	*ɦljoŋ
鱅	*ɦljoŋ, *loŋ
滽	*loŋ
墉	*loŋ
鏞	*loŋ
鄘	*loŋ
槦	*loŋ
銿	*loŋ
甬	*loŋʔ
勇	*loŋʔ
涌	*loŋʔ
踊	*loŋʔ
蛹	*loŋʔ
恿	*loŋʔ
慂	*loŋʔ
悀	*loŋʔ
埇	*loŋʔ
踴	*loŋʔ
庸	*loŋ
用	*loŋs
佣	*loŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒng (yong³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung², jung⁵
• Jin (Wiktionary): yng²
• Min Nan (POJ): ióng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒng
    • Wade–Giles: yung³
    • Yale: yǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeong
    • Palladius: юн (jun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung², jung⁵
    • Yale: yúng, yúhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung², jung⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung², yung⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ³⁵/, /jʊŋ¹³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: yng²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ỹŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ióng
    • Tâi-lô: ióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /jɨoŋ^X/

Rime
Character	蛹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	余隴切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨoŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/jioŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ioŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juawŋX/
Li Rong	/ioŋX/
Wang Li	/jĭwoŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯woŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jung5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*loŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蛹
Reading #	1/1
No.	15453
Phonetic component	用
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	勇
Old Chinese	/*loŋʔ/

Definitions

蛹

1. chrysalis, pupa

Compounds

蝶蛹 (diéyǒng) 脫蛹／脱蛹

蛹臥／蛹卧 蠶蛹／蚕蛹 (cányǒng)

蠶蛹油／蚕蛹油 (cányǒngyóu)

References

• “蛹”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

蛹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. chrysalis, pupa

Readings

• Go-on: ゆ (yu); ゆう (yū)
• Kan-on: よう (yō)^{←よう (you, historical)}
• Kun: さなぎ (sanagi, 蛹)

Compounds

• 蛹化(ようか) (yōka)
• 蛹虫(ようちゅう) (yōchū)
• 蛹便(ようべん) (yōben)
• 蚕蛹(さんよう) (san'yō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蛹
さなぎ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 蛹 – see the following entry.

【さなぎ】 [noun] (entomology) pupa, chrysalis

(This term, 蛹, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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Korean

Hanja

蛹 • (yong) (hangeul 용)

1. (번데기): pupa, chrysalis

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Vietnamese

Han character

蛹: Hán Nôm readings: dũng, nhộng, dõng, thuồng

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