昆蟲

See also: 昆虫

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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 (Shanghai, Wugniu): 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^ˊ cung^ˇ
  - 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
- (Northern: 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

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

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

Derived terms

昆蟲學／昆虫学 (kūnchóngxué)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
昆	蟲
こん Grade: S	ちゅう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

昆(こん)蟲(ちゅう) • (konchū)

insect

Korean

Hanja in this term
昆	蟲

Noun

昆蟲 • (gonchung) (hangeul 곤충)

hanja form^? of 곤충 (“insect”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
昆	蟲

Noun

昆蟲

chữ Hán form of côn trùng (“insect”).