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蛛
蛛
See also: 鼄
Translingual
Han character
蛛 (radical 142 虫+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹十木 (LIHJD), four-corner 55190, composition ⿰虫朱)
References
- KangXi: page 1081, character 31
 - Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33002
 - Dae Jaweon: page 1550, character 2
 - Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2849, character 9
 - Unihan data for U+86DB
 
Chinese
| 
simp. and trad. | 
蛛 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (朱) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 咮 | *tu, *tus, *tos, *tjo | 
| 株 | *to | 
| 誅 | *to | 
| 邾 | *to | 
| 鼄 | *to | 
| 跦 | *to | 
| 袾 | *to, *tʰjo | 
| 鴸 | *to, *tjo | 
| 蛛 | *to | 
| 殊 | *to, *djo | 
| 趎 | *do | 
| 珠 | *tjo | 
| 朱 | *tjo | 
| 侏 | *tjo | 
| 絑 | *tjo | 
| 祩 | *tjo, *tjos | 
| 鮢 | *tjo | 
| 硃 | *tjo | 
| 姝 | *tʰjo | 
| 銖 | *djo | 
| 茱 | *djo | 
| 洙 | *djo | 
| 陎 | *djo | 
Pronunciation
-  Mandarin
-  (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
 - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ
 - Wade-Giles: chu1
 - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ju
 - IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
 
 
 -  (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
 -  Cantonese
-  (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zyu1
 - Yale: jyū
 - Cantonese Pinyin: dzy1
 - IPA (key): /t͡ɕyː⁵⁵/
 
 
 -  (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
 -  Min Nan
-  (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tu
 - Tâi-lô: tu
 - Phofsit Daibuun: dw
 - IPA (Quanzhou): /tu³³/
 - IPA (Taipei): /tu⁴⁴/
 - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tu⁴⁴/
 - IPA (Xiamen): /tu⁴⁴/
 - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tu⁴⁴/
 
 -  (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu
 - Tâi-lô: tsu
 - Phofsit Daibuun: zw
 - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁴⁴/
 - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴/
 
 
 -  (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
 
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蛛 | 
| Reading # | 1/1 | 
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) | 
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) | 
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | 
| Openness (開合) | Closed | 
| Division (等) | III | 
| Fanqie | 陟輸切 | 
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang  | 
/ʈɨo/ | 
| Pan Wuyun  | 
/ʈio/ | 
| Shao Rongfen  | 
/ȶio/ | 
| Edwin Pulleyblank  | 
/ʈuə̆/ | 
| Li Rong  | 
/ȶio/ | 
| Wang Li  | 
/ȶĭu/ | 
| Bernard Karlgren  | 
/ȶi̯u/ | 
| Expected Mandarin Reflex  | 
zhū | 
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蛛 | 
| Reading # | 1/1 | 
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin)  | 
zhū | 
| Middle Chinese  | 
‹ trju › | 
| Old Chinese  | 
/*tro/ | 
| English | *tre-tro spider | 
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: 					* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;  | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蛛 | 
| Reading # | 1/1 | 
| No. | 17564 | 
| Phonetic component  | 
朱 | 
| Rime group  | 
侯 | 
| Rime subdivision  | 
0 | 
| Corresponding MC rime  | 
株 | 
| Old Chinese  | 
/*to/ | 
| Notes | 說文同鼄 | 
Definitions
蛛
- Only used in 蜘蛛 (zhīzhū).
 
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
蛛
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
蛛 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune-Reischauer chu, Yale cwu)
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