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蟲
蟲
See also: 虫
Translingual
Han character
蟲 (radical 142 虫+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈中戈戈 (LILII), four-corner 50136, composition ⿱虫䖵)
References
- KangXi: page 1098, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33633
- Dae Jaweon: page 1562, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2891, character 6
- Unihan data for U+87F2
Chinese
| trad. | 蟲 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 虫 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (蟲) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 痋 | *l'uːŋ |
| 鉵 | *l'uːŋ |
| 赨 | *l'uːŋ |
| 爞 | *l'uːŋ, *l'uŋ |
| 蟲 | *l'uŋ, *l'uŋs |
| 融 | *luŋ |
| 瀜 | *luŋ |
Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 虫 (“snake; insect”) + 虫 + 虫.
Note than 虫 (OC *hŋlulʔ), the ancient form of 蟲, is also a traditional character on its own.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): cung4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhùng
- Min Dong (BUC): tè̤ng / tṳ̀ng
- Min Nan (POJ): thâng / thiông
- Wu (Wiktionary): zon (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ
- Wade-Giles: ch'ung2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chongr
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊㄦ
- Wade-Giles: ch'ungrh2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chonglr
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊ̃ɻ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: cung4
- Yale: chùhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsung4
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhùng
- Hakka Romanization System: cungˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: cung2
- IPA: /t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: tè̤ng / tṳ̀ng
- IPA (key): /tʰøyŋ⁵³/, /tʰyŋ⁵³/
- Note: tè̤ng - vernacular; tṳ̀ng - literary.
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâng / thiông
- Tâi-lô: thâng / thiông
- Phofsit Daibuun: taang, tioong
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰaŋ²⁴/, /tʰiɔŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰaŋ²⁴/, /tʰiɔŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰaŋ¹³/, /tʰiɔŋ¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰaŋ²⁴/, /tʰiɔŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰaŋ²³/, /tʰiɔŋ²³/
- Note: thâng - vernacular; thiông - literary.
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: zon (T3)
- IPA (key): /z̻ʊŋ²³/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 蟲 | 蟲 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 澄 (11) | 澄 (11) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (2) | 東 (2) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 直弓切 | 直衆切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɖɨuŋ/ | /ɖɨuŋH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɖiuŋ/ | /ɖiuŋH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ȡiuŋ/ | /ȡiuŋH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɖuwŋ/ | /ɖuwŋH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ȡiuŋ/ | /ȡiuŋH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ȡĭuŋ/ | /ȡĭuŋH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ȡʱi̯uŋ/ | /ȡʱi̯uŋH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
chóng | zhòng |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蟲 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
chóng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ drjuwng › |
| Old Chinese |
/*C.lruŋ/ |
| English | insect |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 蟲 | 蟲 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 1506 | 1508 |
| Phonetic component |
蟲 | 蟲 |
| Rime group |
終 | 終 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
蟲 | 仲 |
| Old Chinese |
/*l'uŋ/ | /*l'uŋs/ |
| Notes | 後省作蟲已見漢簡 | |
Definitions
蟲
Compounds
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Korean
Hanja
蟲 • (chung, dong) (hangeul 충, 동, McCune-Reischauer ch'ung, tong, Yale chwung, tong)
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Vietnamese
Han character
蟲 (trùng, sùng)
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