Wiktionary

蠢

See also: 惷
蠢 U+8822, 蠢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8822
← 蠡
[U+8821] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蠣 →
[U+8823]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

蠢 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 手日中戈戈 (QALII), four-corner 50136, composition ⿱春䖵)

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1101, character 44
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33797
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1565, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2901, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+8822

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.
 蠢
alternative forms
 
惷
𧉾
𧅪
𧕹
𧕷
惷
𧉾
𧅪
𧕹
𧕷
𢧨
𢧔
𢧸
𢨎
𢧬
𢨣
𢧋
𧓟

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 蠢
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
 
Characters in the same phonetic series (屯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
躉 *tuːnʔ
窀 *rduːn, *duːn, *tun
沌 *donʔ, *duːn, *duːnʔ
盹 *tuːnʔ, *tjuns
頓 *tuːns
扽 *tuːns
黗 *tʰuːn, *tʰuːnʔ
吨 *tʰuːnʔ
屯 *duːn, *tun
飩 *duːn
豘 *duːn
軘 *duːn
坉 *duːn
邨 *duːn, *stʰuːn
忳 *duːn
芚 *duːn
庉 *duːn, *duːnʔ
囤 *duːnʔ
迍 *tun
杶 *tʰun
瑃 *tʰun
椿 *tʰun
偆 *tʰunʔ, *tʰjunʔ
肫 *tjun
訰 *tjun, *tjuns
純 *tjunʔ, *djun
春 *tʰjun
蠢 *tʰjunʔ
踳 *tʰjunʔ
惷 *tʰjunʔ
蒓 *djun
賰 *hljunʔ
鬊 *hljuns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰjunʔ) : phonetic 春 (OC *tʰjun) + semantic 䖵 (“insects”).

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • chhún - literary;
  • thún - vernacular.
    Rime
    Character 蠢
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 昌 (24)
    Final (韻) 諄 (47)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 尺尹切
    Baxter tsyhwinX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/t͡ɕʰiuɪnX/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/t͡ɕʰʷinX/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/t͡ɕʰjuenX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/cʰwinX/
    Li
    Rong         		/t͡ɕʰiuĕnX/
    Wang
    Li         		/t͡ɕʰĭuĕnX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/t͡ɕʰi̯uĕnX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		chǔn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		ceon2
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 蠢
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 12574
    Phonetic
    component         		屯
    Rime
    group         		文
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		蠢
    Old
    Chinese         		/*tʰjunʔ/

    Definitions edit

    蠢

    1. to squirm; to wriggle
    2. stupid; foolish
    3. clumsy; awkward

    Synonyms edit

    • (stupid):
    Dialectal synonyms of 笨 (“stupid; lacking intelligence”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 笨, 愚笨, 愚蠢
    Mandarin Beijing 笨
    Taiwan 笨
    Jinan 笨
    Xi'an 悶
    Wuhan 笨, 蠢
    Chengdu 笨, 蠢
    Yangzhou 笨
    Hefei 笨
    Singapore 笨
    Cantonese Guangzhou 蠢, 笨
    Hong Kong 蠢, 笨
    Yangjiang 吽, 塞督, 塞
    Singapore (Guangfu) 蠢
    Gan Nanchang 笨, 蠢
    Hakka Meixian 笨
    Jin Taiyuan 笨
    Northern Min Jian'ou 笨
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 愚, 笨
    Southern Min Xiamen 笨
    Singapore (Teochew) 白仁
    Wu Suzhou 笨
    Wenzhou 呆, 笨
    Xiang Changsha 蠢
    Shuangfeng 蠢
    • (clumsy):

    Compounds edit

    See also edit

    • 傻 (shǎ, “foolish”)

    Japanese edit

    Kanji edit

    蠢

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    1. squirm, wriggle

    Readings edit

    Compounds edit

    Compounds

    Korean edit

    Hanja edit

    蠢 • (jun) (hangeul 준, revised jun, McCune–Reischauer chun, Yale cwun)

    1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    蠢: Hán Việt readings: xuẩn[1][2][3][4]
    蠢: Nôm readings: xuẩn[1][5], xoáy

    1. chữ Hán form of xuẩn (“squirm, wiggle”).

    References edit

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Trần (2004).
    2. ^ Trần (1999).
    3. ^ Nguyễn (1974).
    4. ^ Thiều Chửu (1942).
    5. ^ xoẳn-btcn.
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