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蛹 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
On
ヨウよう · yō
Kun
さなぎsanagi
Meaning
a pupa

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Insect 虫 with 甬 as phonetic: the pupa between larva and adult.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蛹さなぎ

    a pupa

  • 蛹化ようか

    pupation

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

幼虫(ようちゅう)が蛹(さなぎ)になって冬(ふゆ)を越(こ)す。

The larva becomes a pupa and passes the winter.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

蛹化蛹化change蚩to moc…蚪used…蚣used…蚌a fres…蚓an ear…幺tiny夭to die…孕to con…殀to die…拗twiste…
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Compound

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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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