Chinese symbol for “pupa”
蛹
yǒng
pupa
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pupa is 蛹 (yǒng), defined as: pupa.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “pupa”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蛹.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蚕蛹 (蠶蛹) | cán yǒng | silkworm chrysalis; silkworm pupa |
| 蜂蛹 | fēng yǒng | bee pupa |
| 化蛹 | huà yǒng | to pupate; to turn into a chrysalis |
| 成蛹 | chéng yǒng | to pupate; to become a chrysalis |
| 破蛹 | pò yǒng | to emerge from a pupa (of a butterfly etc) |
| 虫蛹 (蟲蛹) | chóng yǒng | pupa |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pupa”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.