蜕
tuì

molt

An insect 虫 changing 兑 its skin; 兑 also provides the pronunciation

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
兑
兑 Meaning component
duì, ruì, duó exchange

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

蛻 molt Traditional

An insect 虫 changing 兌 its skin; 兌 also provides the pronunciation

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
兌
兌 SoundMeaning component
exchange

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartthwajHl̥ ˤot-sexuviae of insects or reptiles
ywetlotexuviae of insects or reptiles
Zhengzhangl'oːds
l̥ʰoːds
hljods
lod
lod

說文解字

蛇蟬所解皮也。从虫，捝省。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)