蛹 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
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- On
- ヨウ
- Kun
- さなぎ
- Meaning
- a pupa
Origin
Insect 虫 with 甬 as phonetic: the pupa between larva and adult.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 蛹さなぎ
a pupa
- 蛹化ようか
pupation
Example
幼虫が蛹になって冬を越す。
The larva becomes a pupa and passes the winter.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)