蜘蛛
Chinese
spider | |||
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simp. and trad. (蜘蛛) | 蜘 | 蛛 | |
alternative forms | 鼅鼄 obsolete 䵹鼄 |
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Etymology
Reduplication in Old Chinese (Baxter and Sagart, 1998).
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Noun
蜘蛛
- spider
Synonyms
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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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 |
Derived terms
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Descendants
- → Japanese: 蜘蛛 (chichū); 蜘蛛 (chishu); 蜘蛛 (chichu)
- → Korean: 지주(蜘蛛) (jiju)
- → Vietnamese: tri thù (蜘蛛)
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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蜘 | 蛛 |
くも | |
Hyōgaiji | Hyōgaiji |
jukujikun |
From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed in 759 CE.
Ultimate derivation unknown. Various theories exist, including:
- from 籠もる (komoru, “to hide inside something”), from the way that spiders hide in their webs
- from 組む (kumu, “to bundle something together”), from the way that spiders wrap up caught insects
- from 雲 (kumo, “cloud”), from the way that spider webs may look vaguely like clouds
- from reconstructed Proto-Japonic *kompo, *konbo (“spider”);[1] possibly cognate with Kagoshima こっ koʔ (< kobu) "spider"; Tanegashima こぶ kobu "large spider"; Amami (Setouchi) こぶ kobu; Okinawan くーばー kuuba; Yonaguni くぶ kubu "spider".[2] If true, then 蜘蛛 (kumo, “spider”) would be unrelated to 雲 (kumo, “cloud”), whose proto-form was likely *kumo, as suggested by Okinawan くむ kumu, Yonaguni んむ nmu, Kunigami and Yoron ふむ fumu.[3]
May ultimately be cognate with Korean 거미 (geomi, “spider”). The kanji are an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 蜘蛛.
Pronunciation
- (Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) くも [kúꜜmò] (Atamadaka – [1])[4][5]
- IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝmo̞]
Noun
蜘蛛 • (kumo)
- spider
- c. 918, Honzō Wamyō
- 蜘蛛 楊玄操、知誅二音 一名䖦𬠴仁諝、拙牟二音 一名絡新婦赤班者 一名蠨蛸仁諝、上音蕭、所交反、下本條 𧋌音秋 一名蝳蜍毒途二音 一名社公 一名張公網 一名蝃蝥拙牟二音、已上五名、出兼名苑 一名長蝥身小足長、出古今注 和名久毛
- 芥川龍之介, 蜘蛛の糸
- 御釈迦様は地獄の容子を御覧になりながら、この犍陀多には蜘蛛を助けた事があるのを御思い出しになりました。
- 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 Hell, Shakyamuni recalled that this Kandata had once spared a spider.
- 御釈迦様は地獄の容子を御覧になりながら、この犍陀多には蜘蛛を助けた事があるのを御思い出しになりました。
- 1999 March 27, “蜘蛛男 [Werespider]”, in Vol.2, Konami:
- 巨大クモが知恵をつけた姿。糸を吐き動きを封じ込める。
- Kyodai kumo ga chie o tsuketa sugata. Ito o haki ugoki o fūjikomeru.
- This giant spider appears to be quite intelligent. It will lock your every movement with its threads.
- 巨大クモが知恵をつけた姿。糸を吐き動きを封じ込める。
- 1999 July 22, “ハンター・スパイダー [Hunter Spider]”, in Vol.4, Konami:
- クモの巣の罠を仕掛け狩りをする。罠にかかったものは食べてしまう。
- Kumo no su no wana o shikakekari o suru. Wana ni kakatta mono wa tabete shimau.
- It hunts by laying its spiderweb traps, and it eats whatever gets tangled in them.
- クモの巣の罠を仕掛け狩りをする。罠にかかったものは食べてしまう。
- c. 918, Honzō Wamyō
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as クモ.
Derived terms
- 朝蜘蛛 (asagumo)
- 足高蜘蛛 (ashidakagumo): huntsman spider
- 足長蜘蛛 (ashinagagumo): Tetragnatha praedonia
- 穴蜘蛛 (anagumo)
- 蟻蜘蛛 (arigumo)
- 海蜘蛛 (umigumo): sea spider
- 鬼蜘蛛 (onigumo): Araneus ventricosus
- 川蜘蛛 (kawagumo)
- 草蜘蛛 (kusagumo)
- 蜘蛛形類 (kumogatarui)
- 蜘蛛蟹 (kumogani): spider crab
- 蜘蛛切丸 (kumokirimaru)
- 蜘蛛猿 (kumozaru): spider monkey
- 蜘蛛手 (kumode)
- 蜘蛛の囲 (kumo no i): spiderweb
- 蜘蛛の糸 (kumo no ito)
- 蜘蛛の行い (kumo no okonai)
- 蜘蛛の子 (kumo no ko): baby spider
- 蜘蛛の巣 (kumo no su): spiderweb
- 蜘蛛海星 (kumohitode): brittlestar
- 蜘蛛舞 (kumomai)
- 蜘蛛膜 (kumomaku): the arachnoid
- 蜘蛛目 (kumomoku)
- 黄金蜘蛛 (koganegumo): Argiope amoena
- 後家蜘蛛 (gokegumo): widow spider
- 小町蜘蛛 (komachigumo)
- 子守蜘蛛 (komorigumo): wolf spider
- 下がり蜘蛛 (sagarigumo)
- 笹蜘蛛 (sasagumo): Oxyopes sertatus
- 三番叟蜘蛛 (sanbasōgumo)
- 地蜘蛛 (jigumo): Atypus karschi
- 女郎蜘蛛 (jorōgumo): joro spider
- 真正蜘蛛目 (shinseikumomoku)
- 棚蜘蛛 (tanagumo)
- 土蜘蛛 (tsuchigumo) Atypus karschi; tsuchigumo
- 毒蜘蛛 (dokugumo): poisonous spider; (obsolete) wolf spider
- 戸閉蜘蛛 (totategumo)
- 鳥食蜘蛛 (torikuigumo): tarantula
- 鳥捕蜘蛛 (toritorigumo): tarantula
- 蝿取蜘蛛 (haetorigumo): jumping spider
- 花蜘蛛 (hanagumo)
- 平蜘蛛 (hiragumo): Uroctea compactilis
- 平蜘蛛 (hiratagumo), 扁蜘蛛 (hiratagumo): Uroctea compactilis
- 袋蜘蛛 (fukurogumo): sac spider; Atypus karschi
- 水蜘蛛 (mizugumo): water spider
- 盲蜘蛛 (mekuragumo): harvestman
- 幽霊蜘蛛 (yūreigumo): daddy longlegs spider
Noun
蜘蛛 • (ko')
- (dialect, Kagoshima) spider
Noun
蜘蛛 • (kobu)
- (dialect, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Saga) spider
- (dialect, Tanegashima) large spider
Etymology 4
Kanji in this term | |
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蜘 | 蛛 |
ち Hyōgaiji | ちゅう Hyōgaiji |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 蜘蛛 (ʈiᴇ ʈɨo). Compare modern Hakka reading tî-tû, Min Dong tĭ-tṳ̆, Min Nan ti-tu. Probably borrowed at a different time or from a different dialect than chichu below.
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- IPA(key): [t͡ɕit͡ɕɨᵝː]
Noun
蜘蛛 • (chichū)
- spider
Derived terms
- 蜘蛛の網 (chichū no ami): spiderweb
Etymology 5
Kanji in this term | |
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蜘 | 蛛 |
ち Hyōgaiji | ちゅ Hyōgaiji |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 蜘蛛 (ʈiᴇ ʈɨo). Compare modern Hakka reading tî-tû, Min Dong tĭ-tṳ̆, Min Nan ti-tu. Probably borrowed at a different time or from a different dialect than chichū above.
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- (Tokyo) ちちゅ [chìchú] (Heiban – [0])[4]
- IPA(key): [t͡ɕit͡ɕɨᵝ]
Noun
蜘蛛 • (chichu)
- spider
Etymology 6
Kanji in this term | |
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蜘 | 蛛 |
ち Hyōgaiji | しゅ Hyōgaiji |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 蜘蛛 (ʈiᴇ ʈɨo). This reading is the kan'yōyomi, and is thus a later phonetic shift after borrowing, read as 知朱.
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- (Tokyo) ちしゅ [chíꜜshù] (Atamadaka – [1])[4]
- IPA(key): [t͡ɕiɕɨᵝ]
Noun
蜘蛛 • (chishu)
- spider
Derived terms
- 蜘蛛膜 (chishumaku): the arachnoid
References
- Vovin, Alexander (2021), “Names of Large Exotic Animals and the Urheimat of Japonic”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics, issue 3, pages 105-120
- 蜘蛛's regional variants in JLect
- 雲's regional variants in JLect
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
- Fukane no Sukehito (c. 901–923), Maruyama Yumiko, Wu Qian, editors, Honzō Wamyō: Eiin, Honkoku to Kenkyū) (in Japanese), Kyūko Shoin, published 2021, →ISBN.
- “こっ【蜘蛛】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
- “こぶ【蜘蛛】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
- “こぶ【蜘蛛】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
Korean
Hanja in this term | |
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蜘 | 蛛 |
Noun
蜘蛛 • (jiju) (hangeul 지주)
- Hanja form? of 지주 (“spider”).
Okinawan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kuːbaː]
Noun
蜘蛛 (hiragana くーばー, rōmaji kūbā)
- spider
References
- “くーばー【蜘蛛】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
Southern Amami-Oshima
Noun
蜘蛛 (hiragana こぶ, rōmaji kobu)
- spider
References
- “こぶ【蜘蛛】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term | |
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蜘 | 蛛 |
Noun
蜘蛛
- chữ Hán form of tri thù (“arachnid”).
Yonaguni
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kubu/
Noun
蜘蛛 (hiragana くぶ, rōmaji kubu)
- spider
References
- “くぶ【蜘蛛】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.