Word Meaning

もぬけ monuke

蛻 is read as もぬけ (monuke) and means shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.).

Meaning

English

  1. shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
  2. ecdysis

Reading

Kana

もぬけ

Romaji

monuke

Writing Variants

  • 裳脱け もぬけ monuke
  • 藻抜け もぬけ monuke
  • 蛻け もぬけ monuke

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Rank 159100 Priority Z

Example Sentences

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きのみきにぬけがらがのこっていた。

An insect shell was still stuck to the tree trunk.

こどもがぬけがらをみつけてよろこんだ。

The child was happy to find an insect shell.

せみはうかのまえにぬけがらをのこす。

A cicada leaves behind its shell before emerging as an adult.

むしがもぬけしてからだをおおきくした。

The insect moulted and then its body grew larger.

にわでみつけたぬけがらをはこにいれてかんさつした。

I put the insect shell I found in the garden into a box to observe it.