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Kanji Detail for 螵 - "mantis egg case"
螵
- Meaning
螵 means "mantis egg case."
Mantis egg case - The egg sac of a praying mantis (used in compound 螵蛸).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
chrysalis
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
a chrysalis
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
used in 螵蛸[piao1 xiao1]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
chrysalis
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
螵蛸 (mantis egg case). Eggs of the praying mantis. The egg case is about an inch long. As big as a thumb. Attached to mulberry trees. Called 桑螵蛸 (mulberry mantis egg case). | The back shell of cuttlefish is called 海螵蛸 (cuttlebone).
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- Radical
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