蜕变 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

tuì, yuè molt Simplified

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

Components

虫 Meaning component

chóng bug, insect

兑 Meaning component

duì, ruì, duó exchange

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

biàn change Simplified

Simplified form of 變. Phonosemantic compound. 夂 represents the meaning and 䜌 represents the sound.

Components

䜌 Sound Simplified component

luán tie together

Change in sound

变 and 䜌 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

又 Simplified component

yòu again

Shorthand for the 夂 component in the traditional character 變. 夂 is a component form of 止.

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Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

molt Traditional

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

Components

虫 Meaning component

chóng bug, insect

兌 Sound Meaning component

exchange

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	thwajH	l̥ ˤot-s	exuviae of insects or reptiles
	ywet	lot	exuviae of insects or reptiles
Zhengzhang		l'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-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

biàn change Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 夂 represents the meaning and 䜌 represents the sound.

Components

䜌 Sound component

luán tie together

Change in sound

變 and 䜌 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
變 *pro[n]-s
䜌 *mə.rˤo[n]

攵 Meaning component

pū tap

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	pjenH	pro[n]-s	change (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“變，更也。从攴，聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

蜕 tuì, yuè molt Simplified

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变 biàn change Simplified

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蛻 molt Traditional

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說文解字

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變 biàn change Traditional

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tuì, yuè molt Simplified

biàn change Simplified

molt Traditional

biàn change Traditional