Wiktionary

蟲

See also: 虫 and 𮓼
蟲 U+87F2, 蟲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87F2
← 蟱
[U+87F1] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蟳 →
[U+87F3]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

蟲 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈中戈戈 (LILII), four-corner 50136, composition ⿱虫䖵)

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1098, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33633
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1562, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2891, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+87F2

Chinese edit

trad. 蟲
simp. 虫*
alternative forms 䖝
𧈰
⿱䖝⿰䖝䖝

Glyph origin edit

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／会意) : Triplication of 虫 (“snake; insect”).

Note that 虫 is also a traditional character on its own.

Etymology edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *djuŋ (“insect; bug”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation 1 edit

Note:
  • tè̤ng - vernacular;
  • tṳ̀ng - literary.
Note:
  • thâng - vernacular;
  • thiông - literary.
Rime
Character 蟲
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 東 (2)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 直弓切
Baxter drjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɖɨuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɖiuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȡiuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɖuwŋ/
Li
Rong 		/ȡiuŋ/
Wang
Li 		/ȡĭuŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȡʱi̯uŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		chóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cung4
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;
* 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 蟲
Reading # 1/2
No. 1506
Phonetic
component 		蟲
Rime
group 		終
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		蟲
Old
Chinese 		/*l'uŋ/
Notes 後省作蟲已見漢簡

Definitions edit

蟲

  1. insect; bug
  2. worm
  3. † creature, animal (in general)
    倮蟲／倮虫  ―  luǒchóng  ―  creature without covering (i.e., hairless, featherless, scaleless, shellless), the category that humans belong to in Chinese folk taxonomy
    爬蟲／爬虫  ―  páchóng  ―  reptile
  4. † insect infestation
  5. person who indulges in something
    懶蟲／懒虫  ―  lǎnchóng  ―  lazy fellow
    網蟲／网虫  ―  wǎngchóng  ―  netizen
  6. a surname
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 蟲子 (“insect; bug; worm (general term)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 蟲, 蟲豸
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 蟲, 蟲子
Mandarin Beijing 蟲子
Tianjin 蟲子
Chengde 蟲
Tangshan 蟲
Cangzhou 蟲子
Baoding 蟲兒, 蟲子
Shijiazhuang 蟲
Chifeng 蟲子, 蟲
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 蟲
Heihe 蟲子
Qiqihar 蟲子
Harbin 蟲子
Jiamusi 蟲兒
Baicheng 蟲
Changchun 蟲子
Tonghua 蟲子
Shenyang 蟲子
Dandong 蟲
Jinzhou 蟲
Dalian 蟲兒
Yantai 蟲子
Qingdao 蟲子
Lijin 蟲子
Zhucheng 蟲子
Jinan 蟲, 蟲蟻兒
Jining 蟲兒
Wanrong 蟲
Shangqiu 蟲
Yuanyang 蟲
Zhengzhou 蟲
Lingbao 蟲
Xinyang 蟲
Baihe 蟲
Hanzhong 蟲
Xi'an 蟲
Baoji 蟲
Yinchuan 蟲
Tianshui 蟲
Lanzhou 蟲
Dunhuang 蟲
Xining 蟲
Hami 蟲
Ürümqi 蟲
Wuhan 蟲
Yichang 蟲
Xiangyang 蟲
Tianmen 蟲, 蟲豸
Hong'an 蟲
Chengdu 蟲蟲兒
Nanchong 蟲
Dazhou 蟲蟲兒
Hanyuan 蟲
Xichang 蟲
Zigong 蟲
Chongqing 蟲
Guiyang 蟲蟲
Zunyi 蟲
Bijie 蟲
Liping 蟲
Zhaotong 蟲
Dali 蟲
Kunming 蟲
Mengzi 蟲
Guilin 蟲
Liuzhou 蟲
Jishou 蟲
Changde 蟲
Anqing 蟲
Xuzhou 蟲子, 蟲
Fuyang 蟲
Wuhu 蟲子, 蟲
Yangzhou 蟲
Lianyungang 蟲
Lianshui 蟲
Nanjing 蟲
Hefei 蟲
Nantong 蟲子, 蟲
Singapore 蟲
Cantonese Hong Kong 蟲
Gan Nanchang 蟲蟻子
Huizhou Shexian 蟲
Jin Taiyuan 蟲子, 牛牛
Yangyuan 蟲子
Datong 蟲
Xinzhou 蟲子, 蟲蟲牛牛, 牛子, 牛牛子
Lishi 蟲
Linfen 蟲
Changzhi 蟲子, 圪蟲兒
Linhe 蟲子
Jining 蟲, 圪蟲
Hohhot 蟲, 圪蟲
Erenhot 蟲子, 圪蟲
Pingshan 蟲子
Zhangjiakou 蟲子
Handan 蟲子
Linzhou 蟲
Suide 蟲
Eastern Min Fuzhou 蟲, 蟲蟻
Southern Min Xiamen 蟲, 蟲蟻, 蟲豸
Quanzhou 蟲蟻, 蟲豸
Jinjiang 蟲豸
Zhangzhou 蟲蟻, 蟲豸
Tainan 蟲, 蟲豸
Singapore (Hokkien) 蟲
Xiang Changsha 蟲咬咬 childish

Compounds edit

Pronunciation 2 edit

simp. and trad.
 蟲
alternative forms 蚛

Rime
Character 蟲
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 東 (2)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 直衆切
Baxter drjuwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɖɨuŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɖiuŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȡiuŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɖuwŋH/
Li
Rong 		/ȡiuŋH/
Wang
Li 		/ȡĭuŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȡʱi̯uŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhòng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zung6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蟲
Reading # 2/2
No. 1508
Phonetic
component 		蟲
Rime
group 		終
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		仲
Old
Chinese 		/*l'uŋs/

Definitions edit

蟲

  1. (obsolete, of insect) to bite; to eat

Pronunciation 3 edit

Rime
Character 蟲
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 東 (2)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 直弓切
Baxter drjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɖɨuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɖiuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȡiuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɖuwŋ/
Li
Rong 		/ȡiuŋ/
Wang
Li 		/ȡĭuŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȡʱi̯uŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		chóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cung4
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;
* 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 蟲
Reading # 1/2
No. 1506
Phonetic
component 		蟲
Rime
group 		終
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		蟲
Old
Chinese 		/*l'uŋ/
Notes 後省作蟲已見漢簡

Definitions edit

蟲

  1. Alternative form of 爞

Compounds edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Shinjitai

虫

Kyūjitai

蟲

Kanji edit

蟲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 虫)

  1. Kyūjitai form of 虫: insect, bug

Readings edit

Korean edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 蟲 (MC drjuwng).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 뜌ᇰ (Yale: ttyùng)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[2] 벌에〮 (Yale: pèlGéy) 튜ᇰ (Yale: thyùng)

Pronunciation edit

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

蟲 (eumhun 벌레 충 (beolle chung))

  1. Hanja form? of 충 (“insect; bug”).

Compounds edit

Compounds

References edit

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

蟲: Hán Nôm readings: trùng, sùng

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