# 蛹

| 蛹 | U+86F9, &#34553; 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 5712$_7$, composition ⿰虫甬)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (yong$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jung$^2$ / jung$^5$
* Jin (Wiktionary): yng$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ióng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yǒng
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǒng
*** Wade–Giles: yung$^3$
*** Yale: yǔng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeong
*** Palladius: юн (jun)
*** Sinological IPA : /jʊŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jung$^2$ / jung$^5$
*** Yale: yúng / yúhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jung$^2$ / jung$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yung$^2$ / yung$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jʊŋ³⁵/, /jʊŋ¹³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: yng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /yŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (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/
* Middle Chinese: yowngX
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 |
| Baxter | yowngX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jɨoŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jioŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ioŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /juawŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ioŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭwoŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯woŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yǒng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jung$^5$ |
* 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
* (biology) pupa, chrysalis

#### Compounds

* 脫蛹 / 脱蛹
* 蛹臥 / 蛹卧
* 蜂蛹 (fēngyǒng)
* 蝶蛹 (diéyǒng)
* 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–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* chrysalis, pupa

#### Readings

* Go-on: ゆ (yu)、ゆう (yū)
* Kan-on: よう (yō)
* 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 Hyōgai
* 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.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

蛹 • (yong) (hangeul 용)
* (번데기): pupa, chrysalis

## Vietnamese
### Han character

蛹: Hán Nôm readings: dũng, nhộng, dõng, thuồng
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.