Chinese Character 蜕 Meanings and components.

Form

蜕

Meaning

蜕 meaning[3] in English

Skin Cast Off During Molting.

Exuvia.

To Pupate.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 蜕 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are lower form of … (虫) , and surname Dui (兌)

Its radical[1] is: 虫 (chong2) which means: Lower Form Of Animal Life, Including Insects, Insect Larvae, Worms And Similar Creatures, Cl:條|条[Tiao2],隻|只[Zhi1], (Fig.) Person With A Particular Undesirable Characteristic, .虫chong2lower form …

In cangjie it is written with LICRU

How to write 蜕

To write蜕tui4skin cast … you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 兌dui4surname Dui arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 兌 = 蜕

蜕 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 蜕 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 蜕, looks as follow:

蜕
Pinyin:tui4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Skin Cast Off During Molting . Exuvia . To Pupate . To Molt . To Slough . To Cast Off An Old Skin Or Shell
虫
Pinyin:chong2
Meaning[3]: Lower Form Of Animal Life, Including Insects, Insect Larvae, Worms And Similar Creatures . Cl:條|条[Tiao2],隻|只[Zhi1] . (Fig.) Person With A Particular Undesirable Characteristic
兌
Pinyin:dui4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Dui
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
兄
Pinyin:xiong1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Elder Brother
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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