# 蛻

| 蛻 | U+86FB, &#34555; 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 5811$_6$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (tui$^4$, shui$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ, ㄕㄨㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi$^3$ / teoi$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thòe / thùi
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$thoe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tuì
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tuèi
*** Wade–Giles: tʻui$^4$
*** Yale: twèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuey
*** Palladius: туй (tuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shuì
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shuèi
*** Wade–Giles: shui$^4$
*** Yale: shwèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuey
*** Palladius: шуй (šuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: seoi$^3$ / teoi$^3$
*** Yale: seui / teui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soey$^3$ / toey$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêu$^3$ / têu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* thòe - literary;
* thuì - vernacular.
* 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$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɕi̯wɛi$^H$/ | /tʰuɑi$^H$/ | /tʰuɑ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shuì | tuì | tuò |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | seoi$^3$ | teoi$^3$ | to$^3$ |
* 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 (yue$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yuè
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
*** Wade–Giles: yüeh$^4$
*** Yale: ywè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
*** Palladius: юэ (jue)
*** Sinological IPA : /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/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /i̯wɛt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yuè |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyut$^6$ |
* 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

(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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