蛹

蛹	U+86F9, 蛹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86F9

← 蛸
[U+86F8]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蛺 →
[U+86FA]

Translingual

Han character

蛹 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈弓戈月 (LINIB), four-corner 5712₇, composition ⿰虫甬)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1083, character 25
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33076
Dae Jaweon: page 1551, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2858, character 6
Unihan data for U+86F9

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蛹

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (用) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
通	*l̥ʰoːŋ
俑	l̥ʰoːŋ, loŋʔ
蓪	*l̥ʰoːŋ
桶	l̥ʰoːŋʔ, l'oːŋʔ
捅	*l̥ʰoːŋʔ
痛	*l̥ʰoːŋs
筩	*l'oːŋ
誦	*ljoŋs
傭	l̥ʰoŋ, loŋ
慵	*ɦljoŋ
鱅	ɦljoŋ, loŋ
滽	*loŋ
墉	*loŋ
鏞	*loŋ
鄘	*loŋ
槦	*loŋ
銿	*loŋ
甬	*loŋʔ
勇	*loŋʔ
涌	*loŋʔ
踊	*loŋʔ
蛹	*loŋʔ
恿	*loŋʔ
慂	*loŋʔ
悀	*loŋʔ
埇	*loŋʔ
踴	*loŋʔ
庸	*loŋ
用	*loŋs
佣	*loŋs

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǒng (yong³)

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jung² / jung⁵
Jin (Wiktionary): yng²
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): oeng³ / yoeng³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ióng

(Teochew, Peng'im): iong²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǒng
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǒng
  - Wade–Giles: yung³
  - Yale: yǔng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeong
  - Palladius: юн (jun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jung² / jung⁵
  - Yale: yúng / yúhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jung² / jung⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yung² / yung⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ³⁵/, /jʊŋ¹³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: yng²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /yŋ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: oeng³
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ê̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /œŋ⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: yoeng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yøŋ³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ióng
  - Tâi-lô: ióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iorng
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iong²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ióng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ioŋ⁵²/

Middle Chinese: yowngX

Rime
Character	蛹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	余隴切
Baxter	yowngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨoŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/jioŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ioŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juawŋ^X/
Li Rong	/ioŋ^X/
Wang Li	/jĭwoŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯woŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jung⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*loŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蛹
Reading #	1/1
No.	15453
Phonetic component	用
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	勇
Old Chinese	/*loŋʔ/

Definitions

蛹

(biology) pupa, chrysalis

Compounds

脫蛹 / 脱蛹
蛄蛹
蛹臥 / 蛹卧
蜂蛹 (fēngyǒng)
蝶蛹 (diéyǒng)
蠶蛹 / 蚕蛹 (cányǒng)
蠶蛹油 / 蚕蛹油 (cányǒngyóu)

References

“蛹”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “蛹”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 288.

Japanese

Kanji

蛹

(Hyōgai kanji)

chrysalis, pupa

Readings

Go-on: ゆ (yu)、ゆう (yū)
Kan-on: よう (yō)^{←よう (you, historical)}
Kun: さなぎ (sanagi, 蛹)

Compounds

蛹化(ようか) (yōka)
蛹虫(ようちゅう) (yōchū)
蛹便(ようべん) (yōben)
蚕蛹(さんよう) (san'yō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蛹
さなぎ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さなぎ [sànágí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sa̠na̠ɡʲi]

Noun

蛹(さなぎ) • (sanagi)

(entomology) pupa, chrysalis
Synonym: 蛹虫 (yōchū)

Derived terms

蛹(さなぎ)油(あぶら) (sanagi abura)
蛹(サナギ)茸(タケ) (sanagi take)
蛹(さなぎ)肌(はだ), 蛹(さなぎ)襯(はだ) (sanagi hada)
蛹(サナギ)寄生(ヤドリ)小蜂(コバチ) (sanagi yadori kobachi)
蛹(さなぎ)油(ゆ) (sanagiyu)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“^▲蛹”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

蛹 • (yong) (hangeul 용)

(번데기): pupa, chrysalis

Vietnamese

Han character

蛹: Hán Nôm readings: dũng, nhộng, dõng, thuồng

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[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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