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Kanji Detail for 蛻 - "molted shell, molt"
蛻
- Meaning
蛻 means "molted shell, molt."
Molted shell - The shed skin of an insect or snake.
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).
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