昆蟲

See also: 昆虫

Chinese edit

	many; numerous; swarming	animal; insect
trad. (昆蟲)	昆	蟲
simp. (昆虫)	昆	虫
alternative forms	䖵蟲／䖵虫

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kūnchóng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣㄔㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan¹ cung⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khûn-chhùng
Eastern Min (BUC): kŏng-tṳ̀ng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khun-thiông / khun-thâng
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹khuen-zon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kūnchóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣㄔㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kunchóng
  - Wade–Giles: kʻun¹-chʻung²
  - Yale: kwūn-chúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuenchorng
  - Palladius: куньчун (kunʹčun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kwan¹ cung⁴
  - Yale: kwān chùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwan¹ tsung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuen¹ cung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khûn-chhùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: kun´ cungˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kun¹ cung²
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰun²⁴ t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kŏng-tṳ̀ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰouŋ⁵⁵ ^(tʰ-)nyŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khun-thiông
  - Tâi-lô: khun-thiông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: quntioong
  - IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰun³³ tʰiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɔŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khun-thâng
  - Tâi-lô: khun-thâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: quntaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰaŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰun³³ tʰaŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰaŋ²⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ¹khuen-zon
  - MiniDict: khuen^平 zon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khun-zon
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰuən⁵⁵ zoŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: kwon drjuwng

Rime
Character	昆	蟲
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	古渾切	直弓切
Baxter	kwon	drjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuən/	/ɖɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kuon/	/ɖiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kuən/	/ȡiuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwən/	/ɖuwŋ/
Li Rong	/kuən/	/ȡiuŋ/
Wang Li	/kuən/	/ȡĭuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuən/	/ȡʱi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gūn	chóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwan¹	cung⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤu[n] C.lruŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*kuːn l'uŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	昆	蟲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kūn	chóng
Middle Chinese	‹ kwon ›	‹ drjuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁu[n]/	/*C.lruŋ/
English	elder brother	insect
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	昆	蟲
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	7519	1506
Phonetic component	昆	蟲
Rime group	文	終
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	昆	蟲
Old Chinese	/*kuːn/	/*l'uŋ/
Notes	金文象日下二人比肩同作，造意同眾而省文，如夕月異語共義轉註例	後省作蟲已見漢簡

Noun edit

昆蟲

insect
- 然後昆蟲萬物生其間，可以相食養者，不可勝數也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  然后昆虫万物生其间，可以相食养者，不可胜数也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE
  Ránhòu kūnchóng wànwù shēng qí jiān, kě yǐ xiàng sìyǎng zhě, bùkěshèngshù yě. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms edit

蟲蟻／虫蚁 (chóngyǐ)
(formal, Hokkien) 蟲豸／虫豸 (chóngzhì)
(Eastern Min) 蟲囝／虫囝

Derived terms edit

昆蟲學／昆虫学 (kūnchóngxué)

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
昆	蟲
こん Grade: S	ちゅう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun edit

昆(こん)蟲(ちゅう) • (konchū)

insect

Korean edit

Hanja in this term
昆	蟲

Noun edit

昆蟲 • (gonchung) (hangeul 곤충)

Hanja form^? of 곤충 (“insect”).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
昆	蟲

Noun edit

昆蟲

chữ Hán form of côn trùng (“insect”).