蛛

蛛

See also: 鼄 and 蟵

蛛 U+86DB, 蛛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86DB ← 蛚 [U+86DA] CJK Unified Ideographs 蛜 → [U+86DC]

Translingual

Han character

蛛 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹十木 (LIHJD), four-corner 5519₀, composition ⿰虫朱)

Derived characters

• 𦅱

References

• KangXi: page 1081, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33002
• Dae Jaweon: page 1550, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2849, character 9
• Unihan data for U+86DB

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蛛
alternative forms		鼄 ancient

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *to) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 朱 (OC *tjo). Originally a pictogram (象形) of a spider. Later, 朱 was added to the pictograph to indicate sound. In small seal script, the character became written as the characters 鼄 and 蛛.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhū (zhu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): jy¹
• Min Dong (BUC): tṳ̆
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tu / chu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): du¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhū
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhu
    • Wade–Giles: chu¹
    • Yale: jū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ju
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu¹
    • Yale: jyū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃyː⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: jy¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁴²/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tṳ̆
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰy⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tu
    • Tâi-lô: tu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu
    • Tâi-lô: tsu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: du¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʈɨo/

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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyu1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tro/

  (Zhengzhang): /*to/

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; * 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	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

1. Used in 蜘蛛 (zhīzhū, “spider”); also used as its short form.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蜘蛛 (“spider”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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, 蜘蛛
	Taiwan	蜘蛛
	Ulanhot	蛛蛛
	Tongliao	蛛蛛
	Chifeng	蛛蛛
	Bayanhot	蛛蛛
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	蛛蛛
	Harbin	蜘蛛兒, 蛛蛛兒, 癩癩蛛
	Shenyang	癩癩蛛
	Yantai (Muping)	老老蛛, 癩癩蛛
	Jinan	阿郎蛛子, 阿郎蛛, 蜘蛛
	Luoyang	蛛蛛
	Wanrong	蛛蛛
	Zhengzhou	蛛蛛
	Xi'an	蛛蛛
	Yinchuan	蟢里蛛蛛
	Lanzhou	蛛蛛
	Xining	蛛蛛
	Ürümqi	蛛蛛
	Wuhan	蜘蛛
	Chengdu	蜘蛛, 蜇蛛
	Guiyang	蝃蛛
	Kunming	蜘蛛
	Guilin	蜘蛛
	Guanyang	波絲
	Liuzhou	蜘蛛
	Xuzhou	羅蛛子, 羅羅蛛子
	Yangzhou	蜘蛛
	Nanjing	蜘蛛
	Hefei	蜘蛛
	Nantong	蟢蟢, 蟢蟢兒
	Changle (Qinjiang)	賴蜘蜘
	Malaysia	蜘蛛
	Singapore	蜘蛛
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	蛛蛛
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	蛛蛛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蜘蛛, 蠄蟧
	Hong Kong	蠄蟧, 蜘蛛
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	蠄蟧
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	蠄蟧
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	蝲䗁
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	蝲䗁
	Macau	蠄蟧
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	蜘蛛, 蠄蟧
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	蠄蟧
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	蠄蟧
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	蠄蟧
	Foshan	蜘蛛, 蠄蟧
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	蜘蛛, 蠄蟧
	Foshan (Shunde)	蠄蟧
	Foshan (Sanshui)	蠄蟧, 蜘蛛
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	蠄蟧
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	蠄蟧
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	蠄蟧
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	蠄蟧
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	蠄蟧
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	蠄蟧
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	蠄蟧
	Taishan	蠄蟧
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蠄蟧
	Enping (Niujiang)	蠄蟧
	Heshan (Yayao)	蠄蟧
	Dongguan	蠄蟧
	Shaoguan	蠄蟧
	Yunfu	蠄蟧
	Yangjiang	蠄蟧
	Xinyi	蠄蟧
	Lianjiang	蠄蟧
	Nanning	蜘蛛, 蠄蟧
	Wuzhou	蜘蛛, 蠄蟧
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蜘蛛
Gan	Nanchang	蝃蛛, 蝃蛛子
	Lichuan	庖繅
	Pingxiang	織蛛
Hakka	Meixian	蝲䗁
	Xingning	蝲䗁
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	蠄蟧
	Huidong (Daling)	蝲䗁
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	蝲䗁
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	蝲䗁
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	拿䗁
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	蝲䗁
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	蠄蟧
	Wengyuan	蝲䗁
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	蝲䗁
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	蝲䗁
	Liannan	蝲䗁
	Conghua (Lütian)	蝲䗁
	Jiexi	蝲䗁
	Luhe	蝲䗁
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	蝲䗁
	Changting	蝲䗁
	Wuping	蝲䗁
	Wuping (Yanqian)	蝲䗁
	Wuping (Pingyu)	蝲䗁
	Liancheng	奇肖
	Ninghua	奇肖子
	Yudu	斜佬
	Ruijin	斜佬
	Shicheng	奇肖
	Shangyou (Shexi)	蝲䗁
	Tonggu (Sandu)	蝲䗁
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	蝲䗁
	Dayu	蝲䗁
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蝲䗁, 蜘蛛
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蝲䗁, 蜘蛛
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蝲䗁, 蜘蛛
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蜘蛛, 蝲䗁
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蝲䗁, 蜘蛛
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蜘蛛, 蝲䗁
	Hong Kong	蝲䗁
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	蠄蟧
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	蜘蛛
	Xinyi (Sihe)	蠄蟧
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	蠄蟧
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	蝲䗁
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	蝲䗁
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	蝲䗁
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	蝲䗁
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	蝲䗁
	Mengshan (Xihe)	甘羅
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	蝲䗁
	Sabah (Longchuan)	蝲䗁
	Senai (Huiyang)	蝲䗁
	Singkawang	蜘蛛, 蝲䗁
Huizhou	Jixi	蛛蛛
	Shexian	蛛蛛
	Tunxi	蛛蛛, 蜘蛛
Jin	Taiyuan	蛛蛛
	Pingyao	蛛蛛
	Xinzhou	羅螞蛛蛛, 蟢蛛蛛
	Taibus (Baochang)	狼螞蛛蛛
	Linhe	羅螞蛛蛛
	Jining	蜘蛛
	Hohhot	羅螞蛛蛛
	Baotou	蜘蛛
	Dongsheng	蜘蛛
	Haibowan	蜘蛛
Min Bei	Jian'ou	吊蛛
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	天蛛
	Wuyishan	蜘蛛仔
	Pucheng (Shibei)	糴蛛仔
Min Dong	Fuzhou	蜘蛛
	Changle	馬兜爺
	Fuqing	蜘蛛
	Gutian	蟢囝
	Ningde	蟢囝
	Fuding	飛絲
Min Nan	Xiamen	蜘蛛
	Quanzhou	蜘蛛
	Zhangzhou	蜘蛛
	Taipei	蜘蛛
	Kaohsiung	蜘蛛
	Yilan	蜘蛛
	Changhua (Lukang)	蜘蛛
	Taichung	蜘蛛
	Taichung (Wuqi)	蜘蛛
	Tainan	蜘蛛
	Taitung	蜘蛛
	Hsinchu	蜘蛛
	Kinmen	蜘蛛
	Penghu (Magong)	經蛛, 蜘蛛
	Penang (Hokkien)	蜘蛛
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蜘蛛
	Manila (Hokkien)	蜘蛛
	Longyan	蝲䗁
	Chaozhou	蜘蛛
	Shantou	蜘蛛
	Jieyang	蜘蛛
	Haifeng	蜘蛛
	Bangkok (Teochew)	蜘蛛
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	蜘蛛
	Singapore (Teochew)	胡蠅虎
	Pontianak (Teochew)	蜘蛛
	Leizhou	𧑃蚜
	Wenchang	紅蜈
	Haikou	龍牙古
Puxian Min	Putian	八臘爺
	Xianyou	八臘爺
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	蠄蟧
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	爪揸, 蛛蛛
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	飛絲
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	蛛蛛子
	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	蛛蛛, 蛛蛛子
	Luxi (Baisha)	蛛
Wu	Shanghai	蜘蛛, 結蛛
	Shanghai (Chongming)	結蛛
	Suzhou	結蛛, 蜘蛛
	Wuxi	蜘蛛
	Danyang	蜘蛛
	Hangzhou	結蛛, 蜘蛛
	Ningbo	蛛蛛, 結蛛
	Wenzhou	絲網蜘蛛
	Jinhua	蟢, 八腳蟢, 蜘蛛
Xiang	Changsha	蜘蛛子, 蜘蛛
	Loudi	蜘蛛子, 蜘蛛
	Quanzhou	剝絲
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

Compounds

棚蜘蛛 水蜘蛛 (shuǐzhīzhū) 海蜘蛛 (hǎizhīzhū) 草蜘蛛 蛛煤

蛛蛛 (zhūzhu) 蛛蝥 蜘蛛 (zhīzhū) 蜘蛛抱蛋 蛛絲／蛛丝

蛛絲馬跡／蛛丝马迹 (zhūsīmǎjì) 蛛網／蛛网 (zhūwǎng) 蛛網塵封／蛛网尘封 (zhūwǎngchénfēng) 蜘蛛綱／蜘蛛纲

References

• “蛛”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

蛛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. spider

Readings

• Go-on: ちゅう (chū)
• Kan-on: ちゅう (chū)
• Kun: くも (kumo, 蛛)

Compounds

• 蜘蛛(くも) (kumo), 蜘蛛(ちちゅう) (chichū), 蜘蛛(ちちゅ) (chichu), 蜘蛛(ちしゅ) (chishu, “spider”)
• 蛛形類(ちゅけいるい) (chukeirui)
• 蛛網(ちゅもう) (chumō, “spiderweb”)

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Korean

Hanja

蛛 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu, Yale cwu)

1. spider

Compounds

• 지주 (蜘蛛, jiju, “spider”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蛛: Hán Nôm readings: chu, châu, chẫu, thù

1. spider

Compounds

• tri chu (蜘蛛, “spider”)