Hanja Analyzer
蛹

蛹 — yong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
번데기 용
Romanization
yong
English
chrysalis, larva
Mandarin
yǒng
Japanese on'yomi
ヨウ, ユ
Japanese kun'yomi
さなぎ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
13
Radical
虫 (142, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
甬
Unicode
U+86F9

Parts that make up 蛹

  • 虫 벌레 충, 벌레 훼 고개 든 뱀벌레와 뱀·조개 따위 작은 생물
  • 甬 종꼭지 용sound 자루 달린 종‘용·통’ 계열의 소리

Japanese words with 蛹

  • 蛹さなぎ chrysalis; pupa
  • 蛹化ようか pupation
  • 蛹虫ようちゅう pupa; chrysalis
  • 茶色蛹貝ちゃいろさなぎがい widespread column (species of land snail, Pupilla muscorum)

Characters sharing the phonetic 甬

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “용”

Other hanja with radical 虫

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