Kanji Detail for 蛻 - "molted shell, molt"

蛻

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
蛻 means "molted shell, molt."
1. Molted shell - The shed skin of an insect or snake.
2. Molt - For insects or snakes to shed their outer skin.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

insect moulting

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

molt, exuviate, shed

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

skin cast off during molting; exuvia; to pupate; to molt; to slough; to cast off an old skin or shell

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to molt

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

The skin shed by any insect is called 蛻. Such as 蠶蛻 (silkworm molt), 蛇蛻 (snake skin).
Onyomi

sei(せい)

tai(たい)

zei(ぜい)
Kunyomi

nukegara
Strokes

13 strokes
Radical

虫 (mushi・mushihen)
Related Keywords
molted shell shed skin insect snake molt insects snakes outer