蛹 yǒng
noun
: chrysalis; pupa
Kun Reading
蛹 | さなぎ sanagi
noun
: chrysalis; pupa
On Reading
ヨウ you
Usage:
蛹殼[壳] yong3ke2: puparium
化蛹 hua4yong3: to pupate; to turn into a chrysalis
[蛹化 | ようか youka: pupation]成蛹 cheng2yong3: to pupate; to become a chrysalis
破蛹 po4yong3: to emerge from a pupa (of a butterfly etc)
蠶[蚕]蛹 can2yong3: silkworm chrysalis; pupa
離[离]蛹 li2yong3: exarate
Japanese common word
蛹虫 | ようちゅう youchuu: pupa; chrysalis
Etymology:
形声 Pictophonetic.
虫 (chong2: insect radical 142) suggests the meaning while
甬 (yong3: path | bucket) provides the sound.
形声 Pictophonetic.
虫 (chong2: insect radical 142) suggests the meaning while
甬 (yong3: path | bucket) provides the sound.
Examples:
その虫は蛹から成虫になった。
そのむしはさなぎからせいちゅうになった sono mushi wa sanagi kara seichuu ni natta
The insect grew out of a pupa into an imago.
幼蟲變為蛹， 然後再變成蝴蝶。
you4chong2 bian4wei2 yong3, ran2hou4 zai4 bian4cheng2 hu2die2
A larva metamorphoses into a chrysalis and then into a butterfly.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
