虫
See also: 蟲
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Contents
TranslingualEdit
Stroke order | |||
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Han characterEdit
虫 (radical 142 虫+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 中一戈 (LMI), four-corner 50136)
- Kangxi radical #142, ⾍.
Derived charactersEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 1076, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32804
- Dae Jaweon: page 1545, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2833, character 1
- Unihan data for U+866B
ChineseEdit
Glyph originEdit
Historical forms of the character 虫 | ||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script |
Characters in the same phonetic series (兀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
虺 | *hŋuːl, *hŋruːl, *hŋlulʔ |
豗 | *hŋuːl |
鼿 | *hŋuːl, *ŋuːd |
虫 | *hŋlulʔ |
髡 | *ŋ̊ʰuːn |
軏 | *ŋod, *ŋuːd |
扤 | *ŋod, *ŋuːd |
兀 | *ŋuːd |
杌 | *ŋuːd |
屼 | *ŋuːd |
矹 | *ŋluːd |
Pictogram (象形): a snake.
The character originally represented a type of venomous snake, while the derivative 蟲 represented worms and insects (or insect-like things). 虫 was later borrowed for 蟲 (possibly via simplification), and the character 虺 was created to represent the original meaning.
Etymology 1Edit
For pronunciation and definitions of 虫 – see 蟲 (“insect; bug; worm; animal; etc.”). (This character, 虫, is the simplified and variant form of 蟲.) |
Notes:
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Etymology 2Edit
For pronunciation and definitions of 虫 – see 虺 (“mythological venomous snake; sick; ambitionless”). (This character, 虫, is an ancient form of 虺.) |
JapaneseEdit
虫 | |
蟲 |
KanjiEdit
虫
(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 蟲)
ReadingsEdit
As shinjitai kanji "虫" (insect):
- Goon: じゅう (jū)←ぢゆう (dyū, historical)
- Kan’on: ちゅう (chū, Jōyō)←ちゆう (tyū, historical)
- Kun: むし (mushi, 虫, Jōyō)
- Nanori: む (mu)
CompoundsEdit
Compounds
- 益虫 (ekichū): beneficial insect
- 害虫 (gaichū): harmful insect
- 寄生虫 (kiseichū): parasite
- 毛虫 (kemushi): caterpillar
- 甲虫 (kōchū): beetle
- 昆虫 (konchū): insect
- 座頭虫 (zatōmushi): harvestman
- 蠕虫 (zenchū): worm
- 泣き虫 (nakimushi): crybaby
- 鋏虫 (hasamimushi): earwig; maritime earwig
- 爬虫類 (hachūrui): reptiles
- 虫食い (mushikui): worm-eaten
- 虫酸 (mushizu): heartburn
- 虫歯 (mushiba): a bad tooth, dental caries, a cavity
- 虫眼鏡 (mushimegane): magnifying glass
- 幼虫 (yōchū): larva
- 弱虫 (yowamushi): weakling
- 油虫 (aburamushi): cockroach
KanjiEdit
虫
ReadingsEdit
As character component "虫":
- Goon: け (ke)←け (ke, historical)←くゑ (kwe, ancient)
- Kan’on: き (ki)←き (ki, historical)←くゐ (kwi, ancient)
EtymologyEdit
Kanji in this term |
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虫 |
むし Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
虫 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 蟲, hiragana むし, katakana ムシ, rōmaji mushi)
- an insect, a bug, a worm
- a serpent, a snake
- 獅子身中の虫
- shishi shinchū no mushi
- a serpent in a lion
- 獅子身中の虫
- (figuratively): a worm; a person living for only one thing
- 本の虫
- hon no mushi
- a bookworm
- 本の虫
- (derogatory): a worm; a despicable person
- a temperature; thought which is in the deep in mind
- 癇の虫
- kan no mushi
- a choleric temperature
- 癇の虫