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蜘蛛

蜘蛛

Chinese

spider spider
simp. and trad.
(蜘蛛) 		蜘 蛛
alt. forms 鼅鼄 obsolete

Noun

蜘蛛

  1. spider

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蜘蛛 (“spider”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 蜘蛛、鼄蝥 QJ、蠾蝓 ZW、蝳蜍 NY、社公 Q
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 蜘蛛
Taxonomic name 蜘蛛
Mandarin Beijing 蛛蛛
Taiwan 蜘蛛
Jinan 阿郎蛛子
Xi'an 蛛蛛
Wuhan 蜘蛛
Chengdu 蜘蛛
Yangzhou 蜘蛛
Hefei 蜘蛛
Cantonese Guangzhou 蠄蟧
Hong Kong 蠄蟧、蜘蛛
Taishan 蠄蟧
Yangjiang 蠄蟧
Gan Nanchang 蝃蛛、蝃蛛子
Hakka Meixian 蝲䗁
Xingning 蝲䗁
Huidong (Huizhou) 蝲䗁
Qujiang 蝲䗁
Xiaosanjiang 蝲䗁
Changting 蝲䗁
Pingyu 蝲䗁
Wuping 蝲䗁
Liancheng 奇肖
Ninghua 奇肖子
Yudu 斜佬
Ruijin 斜佬
Shicheng 奇肖
Shangyou 蝲䗁
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 蝲䗁、蜘蛛
Liudui (S. Sixian) 蝲䗁、蜘蛛
Hsinchu (Hailu) 蝲䗁、蜘蛛
Dongshi (Dabu) 蜘蛛、蝲䗁
Zhuolan (Raoping) 蝲䗁、蜘蛛
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 蜘蛛、蝲䗁
Jin Taiyuan 蛛蛛
Min Bei Jian'ou 吊蜘
Min Dong Fuzhou 蜘蛛
Min Nan Quanzhou 蜘蛛
Xiamen 蜘蛛
Zhangzhou 蜘蛛
Taipei 蜘蛛
Chaozhou 蜘蛛
Wu Shanghai 蜘蛛、結蜘
Suzhou 結蜘
Wenzhou 絲網蜘蛛
Xiang Changsha 蜘蛛、蜘蛛子
Note QJ - between ancient Qin and Jin
ZW - in the vicinity of ancient Zhao and Wei
NY - between Northern Yan, Korea and Lieshui
Q - ancient Qi

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蜘蛛):

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蜘 蛛
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Compare Korean 거미 (geomi, “spider”).

Pronunciation

Noun

蜘蛛 ‎(hiragana くも, katakana クモ, romaji kumo)

  1. spider
    • 芥川龍之介, 蜘蛛の糸
      御 (お)釈 (しゃ)迦 (か)様 (さま)は地 (じ)獄 (ごく)の容 (よう)子 (す)を御 (ご)覧 (らん)になりながら、この犍 (かん)陀 (だ)多 (た)には蜘蛛 (クモ)を助 (たす)けた事 (こと)があるのを御 (お)思 (おも)い出 (だ)しになりました。
      O-shaka-sama wa jigoku no yōsu o goran ni narinagara, kono Kandata ni wa kumo o tasuketa koto ga aru no o o-omoidashi ni narimashita.
      While observing the state of ****, Shakyamuni recalled that this Kandata had once spared a spider.
Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as クモ.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蜘 蛛
ち
Hyōgaiji 		ちゅう
Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

蜘蛛 ‎(hiragana ちちゅう, romaji chichū)

  1. spider
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
蜘 蛛
ち
Hyōgaiji 		ちゅ
Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

蜘蛛 ‎(hiragana ちちゅ, romaji chichu)

  1. spider

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
蜘 蛛
ち
Hyōgaiji 		しゅ
Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

蜘蛛 ‎(hiragana ちしゅ, romaji chishu)

  1. spider
Derived terms

References

  1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term
蜘 蛛

Noun

蜘蛛 • ‎(jiju) ‎(hangeul 지주)

  1. Hanja form? of 지주, “spider”.

Synonyms

Okinawan

Noun

蜘蛛 ‎(hiragana くーばー, romaji kūbā)

  1. a spider

Southern Amami-Oshima

Noun

蜘蛛 ‎(kobu) ‎(hiragana こぶ)

  1. spider

Yonaguni

Noun

蜘蛛 ‎(kubu) ‎(hiragana くぶ)

  1. spider

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蜘 蛛
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 知 (9) 知 (9)
Final (韻) 支 (11) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 陟移切 陟輸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʈiᴇ/ /ʈɨo/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʈiɛ/ /ʈio/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȶjɛ/ /ȶio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʈiə̆/ /ʈuə̆/
Li
Rong		 /ȶie/ /ȶio/
Wang
Li		 /ȶǐe/ /ȶĭu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȶie̯/ /ȶi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zh- zhū
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蜘 蛛
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zhī zhū
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ trje › ‹ trju ›
Old
Chinese		 /*tre/ /*tro/
English *tre.tro spider *tre-tro spider

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蜘 蛛
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11496 17564
Phonetic
component		 矢 朱
Rime
group		 支 侯
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 株
Old
Chinese		 /*te/ /*to/
Notes 同鼅見太玄，說文作蟲上知於 說文同鼄

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