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: 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): 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.
  • Min Nan
    • Note:
    • thâng - vernacular;
    • thiông - literary.
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    • 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. † 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
    3. † insect infestation
    4. person who indulges in something
      懶蟲／懒虫  ―  lǎnchóng  ―  lazy fellow
      網蟲／网虫  ―  wǎngchóng  ―  netizen
    5. 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
    Min Dong Fuzhou 蟲, 蟲蟻
    Min Nan Xiamen 蟲, 蟲蟻, 蟲豸
    Quanzhou 蟲蟻, 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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