蛻 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
- On
- ゼイ・セイ・タイ
- Kun
- もぬ.ける・ぬけがら
- Meaning
- to moult; a cast-off shell
Origin
Insect 虫 with 兌 as phonetic: an insect casting its skin.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 蛻の殻もぬけのから
an empty shell; a deserted place
- 蛻皮ぜいひ
moulting
Example
家は蛻の殻だった。
The house was empty, everyone gone.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)