蛛

See also: 鼄 and 蟵

蛛 U+86DB, 蛛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86DB ← 蛚 [U+86DA] CJK Unified Ideographs 蛜 → [U+86DC]

Translingual

Han character

蛛 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹十木 (LIHJD), four-corner 5519₀, composition ⿰虫朱)

Derived characters

• 𦅱

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1081, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33002
• Dae Jaweon: page 1550, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2849, character 9
• Unihan data for U+86DB

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蛛
alternative forms		鼄／𬹣 ancient

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (朱) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
咮	*tu, *tus, *tos, *tjo
株	*to
誅	*to
邾	*to
鼄	*to
跦	*to
袾	*to, *tʰjo
鴸	*to, *tjo
蛛	*to
殊	*to, *djo
趎	*do
珠	*tjo
朱	*tjo
侏	*tjo
絑	*tjo
祩	*tjo, *tjos
鮢	*tjo
硃	*tjo
姝	*tʰjo
銖	*djo
茱	*djo
洙	*djo
陎	*djo

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *to) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 朱 (OC *tjo). Originally a pictogram (象形) of a spider. Later, 朱 was added to the pictograph to indicate sound. In small seal script, the character became written as the characters 鼄／𬹣 and 蛛.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhū (zhu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): jy¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): tṳ̆
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tu / chu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): du¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhū
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhu
    • Wade–Giles: chu¹
    • Yale: jū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ju
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zyu¹
    • Yale: jyū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: jy¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁴²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tṳ̆
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰy⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tu
    • Tâi-lô: tu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu
    • Tâi-lô: tsu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: du¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³³/

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• Middle Chinese: trju

Rime
Character	蛛
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	陟輸切
Baxter	trju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈio/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈuə̆/
Li Rong	/ȶio/
Wang Li	/ȶĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyu1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tro/

  (Zhengzhang): /*to/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蛛
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhū
Middle Chinese	‹ trju ›
Old Chinese	/*tro/
English	*tre-tro spider
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	蛛
Reading #	1/1
No.	17564
Phonetic component	朱
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	株
Old Chinese	/*to/
Notes	說文同鼄

Definitions

蛛

1. Used in 蜘蛛 (zhīzhū, “spider”); also used as its short form.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蜘蛛 (“spider”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蜘蛛, 鼄蝥 QJ, 蠾蝓 ZW, 蝳蜍 NY, 社公 Q
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蜘蛛
Taxonomic name		蜘蛛
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蜘蛛, 蛛蛛
	Taiwan	蜘蛛
	Chengde	蛛蛛
	Ulanhot	蛛蛛
	Tongliao	蛛蛛
	Chifeng	蛛蛛
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	蛛蛛
	Heihe	蜘蛛, 蛛蛛
	Qiqihar	蜘蛛
	Harbin	蛛蛛, 蜘蛛兒, 蛛蛛兒, 癩癩蛛
	Jiamusi	蛛蛛, 癩癩蛛
	Baicheng	蛛蛛
	Changchun	蛛蛛
	Tonghua	蛛蛛, 癩蛛蛛
	Shenyang	蜘蛛, 蛛蛛, 癩癩蛛
	Jinzhou	蜘蛛
	Malaysia	蜘蛛
	Singapore	蜘蛛
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	蛛蛛
	Tangshan	蜘蛛, 蛛蛛
	Cangzhou	蛛蛛
	Baoding	蛛蛛
	Shijiazhuang	蛛蛛
	Lijin	蛛蛛
	Jinan	阿郎蛛子, 阿郎蛛, 蜘蛛
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	癩蛛子
	Dandong	蜘蛛, 蛛蛛, 癩癩蛛, 蟢蛛兒
	Yantai	老老蛛
	Yantai (Muping)	老老蛛, 癩癩蛛
	Qingdao	癩癩蛛
	Zhucheng	蛛蛛
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蛛蛛
	Lingbao	蛛蛛
	Jining	阿郎蛛子, 阿郎蛛
	Wanrong	蛛蛛
	Linfen	蛛蛛
	Shangqiu	蜘蛛, 螺螺蛛
	Yuanyang	蛛蛛
	Zhengzhou	蛛蛛
	Xinyang	蛛蛛
	Baihe	蛛蛛兒
	Xi'an	蜘蛛, 蛛蛛
	Baoji	蜘蜘
	Tianshui	蛛蛛
	Xining	蛛蛛, 蟢蛛兒
	Xuzhou	蜘蛛, 羅蛛子, 羅羅蛛子
	Fuyang	蜘蛛
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	蛛蛛
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	蛛蛛
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	蛛蛛, 蟢里蛛蛛
	Bayanhot	蛛蛛
	Lanzhou	蛛蛛
	Dunhuang	蛛蛛
	Hami	蛛蛛
	Ürümqi	蛛蛛
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蜘蛛, 蜇蛛
	Nanchong	蜘蛛
	Dazhou	瘩斗兒
	Hanyuan	蜇蛛
	Xichang	蜇蛛
	Zigong	蜘蛛, 蜇蜇兒
	Chongqing	蜇蛛
	Wuhan	蜘蛛
	Yichang	蜘蛛
	Xiangyang	蜘蛛
	Tianmen	蜘蛛, 蜇蛛
	Guiyang	蜇蛛
	Zunyi	蜇蛛
	Bijie	蜇蛛
	Liping	波絲, 水波絲
	Zhaotong	蜇蛛
	Dali	蜘蛛
	Kunming	蜘蛛
	Mengzi	波羅蜈
	Guilin	蜘蛛
	Guanyang	波絲
	Liuzhou	蜘蛛
	Jishou	蜘蛛
	Changde	蜘蛛
	Hanzhong	蜘蛛, 蛛蛛
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蜘蛛
	Yangzhou	蜘蛛, 蟢蟢蛛
	Lianyungang	蜘蛛, 蛛蛛
	Lianshui	蛛蛛
	Nantong	蟢蟢, 蟢蟢兒
	Anqing	蜘蛛
	Wuhu	蜘蛛子, 蟢蟢子
	Hefei	蜘蛛
	Hong'an	蜘蛛
Mandarin	Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle)	癩蜘蜘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蜘蛛, 蠄蟧
	Hong Kong	蠄蟧, 蜘蛛
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	蠄蟧
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	蠄蟧
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	蝲䗁
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	蝲䗁
	Macau	蠄蟧
	Macau (Tanka)	蠄蟧
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	蜘蛛, 蠄蟧
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	蠄蟧
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	蠄蟧
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	蠄蟧
	Foshan	蜘蛛, 蠄蟧
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	蜘蛛, 蠄蟧
	Foshan (Shunde)	蠄蟧
	Foshan (Sanshui)	蠄蟧, 蜘蛛
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	蠄蟧
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	蠄蟧
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	蠄蟧
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	蠄蟧
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	蠄蟧
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	蠄蟧
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	蠄蟧
	Taishan	蠄蟧
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蠄蟧
	Enping (Niujiang)	蠄蟧
	Heshan (Yayao)	蠄蟧
	Dongguan	蠄蟧
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	蠄蟧
	Shaoguan	蠄蟧
	Yunfu	蠄蟧
	Yangjiang	蠄蟧
	Xinyi	蠄蟧
	Lianjiang	蠄蟧
	Nanning	蜘蛛, 蠄蟧
	Nanning (Tanka)	蠄蟧
	Wuzhou	蜘蛛, 蠄蟧
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蜘蛛
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	蜘蛛
Gan	Nanchang	蝃蛛, 蝃蛛子
	Lichuan	庖繅
	Pingxiang	織蛛
	Jianning	織蛛
	Taining	蜘蛛
Hakka	Meixian	蝲䗁
	Xingning	蝲䗁
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	蠄蟧
	Huidong (Daling)	蝲䗁
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	蝲䗁
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	蝲䗁
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	蝲䗁
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	蝲䗁
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	蠄蟧
	Wengyuan	蝲䗁
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	蝲䗁
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	蝲䗁
	Liannan	蝲䗁
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	蝲䗁
	Jiexi	蝲䗁
	Luhe	蝲䗁
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	蝲䗁
	Changting	蝲䗁
	Wuping	蝲䗁
	Wuping (Yanqian)	蝲䗁
	Wuping (Pingyu)	蝲䗁
	Liancheng	奇肖
	Ninghua	奇肖子
	Yudu	斜佬
	Ruijin	斜佬
	Shicheng	奇肖
	Shangyou (Shexi)	蝲䗁
	Tonggu (Sandu)	蝲䗁
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	蝲䗁
	Dayu	蝲䗁
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蝲䗁, 蜘蛛
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蝲䗁, 蜘蛛
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蝲䗁, 蜘蛛
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蜘蛛, 蝲䗁
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蝲䗁, 蜘蛛
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蜘蛛, 蝲䗁
	Hong Kong	蝲䗁
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	蠄蟧
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	蜘蛛
	Xinyi (Sihe)	蠄蟧
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	蠄蟧
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	蝲䗁
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	蝲䗁
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	蝲䗁
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	蝲䗁
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	蝲䗁
	Mengshan (Xihe)	甘羅
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	蝲䗁
	Chengdu (Longtan)	蝲䗁子
	Chengdu (Shiling)	蝲䗁子
	Chengdu (Longwang)	蝲䗁子
	Chengdu (Shibantan)	蝲䗁子
	Chengdu (Hexingchang)	蝲䗁子
	Weiyuan (Guanyingtan)	蝲䗁子, 波絲
	Yilong (Ma'an)	波絲
	Xichang (Huanglianguan)	蝲䗁子
	Sabah (Longchuan)	蝲䗁
	Senai (Huiyang)	蝲䗁
	Kuching (Hepo)	蝲䗁
	Singkawang	蜘蛛, 蝲䗁
Huizhou	Jixi	蛛蛛
	Shexian	蛛蛛
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	蛛蛛, 蜘蛛
Jin	Taiyuan	蛛蛛
	Pingyao	蛛蛛
	Yangyuan	蛛蛛
	Datong	蛛蛛
	Xinzhou	羅螞蛛蛛, 蟢蛛蛛
	Lüliang (Lishi)	蜘蛛, 蛛蛛
	Changzhi	蜘蛛
	Changzhi (Tunliu)	蛛蛛, 羅螞蛛蛛
	Taibus (Baochang)	狼螞蛛蛛
	Linhe	羅螞蛛蛛
	Jining	蜘蛛, 蛛蛛, 狼螞蛛蛛
	Hohhot	蛛蛛, 羅螞蛛蛛
	Baotou	蜘蛛
	Dongsheng	蜘蛛
	Haibowan	蜘蛛
	Erenhot	蛛蛛, 狼螞蛛蛛
	Pingshan	蛛蛛
	Zhangjiakou	蛛蛛
	Handan	蜘蛛
	Linzhou	蜘蛛
	Suide	蛛蛛
Jiuxing Yumin	Lanxi	蟢蟢
Northern Min	Jian'ou	吊蛛
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	天蛛
	Wuyishan	蜘蛛仔
	Pucheng (Shibei)	糴蛛仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蜘蛛
	Fuzhou (Changle)	馬兜爺
	Fuqing	蜘蛛
	Gutian	蟢囝
	Ningde	蟢囝
	Fuding	飛絲
Southern Min	Xiamen	蜘蛛
	Quanzhou	蜘蛛
	Zhangzhou	蜘蛛
	Zhao'an	蜘蛛
	Taipei	蜘蛛
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	蜘蛛
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	蜘蛛
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	蜘蛛
	Kaohsiung	蜘蛛
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	蜘蛛
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	蜘蛛
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	蜘蛛
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	蜘蛛
	Yilan	蜘蛛
	Yilan (Luodong)	蜘蛛
	Yilan (Toucheng)	蜘蛛
	Changhua (Lukang)	蜘蛛
	Taichung	蜘蛛
	Taichung (Wuqi)	蜘蛛
	Tainan	蜘蛛
	Tainan (Anping)	蜘蛛
	Taitung	蜘蛛
	Taitung (Green Island)	蜘蛛
	Hsinchu	蜘蛛
	Pingtung (Liuqiu)	蜘蛛
	Kinmen	蜘蛛
	Penghu (Magong)	經蛛, 蜘蛛
	Penghu (Pengnan)	經蛛
	Penghu (Xiyu)	經蛛
	Penghu (Huxi)	經蛛, 蜘蛛
	Penghu (Wangan)	經蛛
	Penghu (Cimei)	經蛛
	Penghu (Huayu)	經蛛
	Penghu (Zhongtun)	蜘蛛
	Penghu (Houliao)	蜘蛛
	Penghu (Tongliang)	蜘蛛
	Penghu (Jibei)	蜘蛛
	Penang (Hokkien)	蜘蛛
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蜘蛛
	Manila (Hokkien)	蜘蛛
	Longyan	蝲䗁
	Chaozhou	蜘蛛
	Shantou	蜘蛛
	Jieyang	蜘蛛
	Haifeng	蜘蛛
	Bangkok (Teochew)	蜘蛛
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	蜘蛛
	Singapore (Teochew)	胡蠅虎
	Pontianak (Teochew)	蜘蛛
	Leizhou	𧑃蚜
	Wenchang	紅蜈
	Haikou	龍牙古
Puxian Min	Putian	八臘爺
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	蜘蛛
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	八臘爺
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	八臘爺
	Xianyou	蜘蛛, 八臘爺
	Xianyou (Fengting)	蜘蛛
	Xianyou (Youyang)	蜘蛛
Central Min	Yong'an	爬拉䗁
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	蠄蟧, 蜘蛛
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	蝲䗁
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	爪揸, 蛛蛛
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	飛絲
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	蛛蛛子
	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	蛛蛛, 蛛蛛子
	Luxi (Baisha)	蛛
Wu	Shanghai	蜘蛛, 結蛛
	Shanghai (Chongming)	結蛛
	Suzhou	結蛛, 蜘蛛
	Wuxi	蜘蛛
	Danyang	蜘蛛
	Hangzhou	結蛛, 蜘蛛
	Ningbo	蛛蛛, 結蛛
	Wenzhou	絲網蜘蛛
	Jinhua	蟢, 八腳蟢, 蜘蛛
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	蟢
Xiang	Changsha	蜘蛛子, 蜘蛛
	Loudi	蜘蛛子, 蜘蛛
	Quanzhou	剝絲
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	八腳每
	Dong'an	包絲
Yuebei Tuhua	Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)	蝲䗁
	Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)	蝲䗁
	Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)	蝲䗁
	Renhua (Zhoutian)	蝲䗁
	Renhua (Shitang)	蝲䗁
	Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou)	蝲䗁
	Lechang (Changlai)	蝲䗁
	Lechang (Beixiang)	蝲䗁
	Lechang (Huangpu)	蝲䗁
	Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)	蠄蟧
	Lechang (Sanxi)	香絲老網
Note	QJ - between ancient Qin and Jin ZW - in the vicinity of ancient Zhao and Wei NY - between Northern Yan, Korea and Lieshui Q - ancient Qi

Compounds

• 棚蜘蛛
• 水蜘蛛 (shuǐzhīzhū)
• 海蜘蛛 (hǎizhīzhū)
• 草蜘蛛
• 蛛煤
• 蛛絲／蛛丝 (zhūsī)
• 蛛絲馬跡／蛛丝马迹 (zhūsīmǎjì)
• 蛛網／蛛网 (zhūwǎng)
• 蛛網塵封／蛛网尘封 (zhūwǎngchénfēng)
• 蛛蛛 (zhūzhu)
• 蛛蝥
• 蜘蛛 (zhīzhū)
• 蜘蛛抱蛋
• 蜘蛛綱／蜘蛛纲
• 蟹蛛
• 靈蛛／灵蛛 (língzhū)

 

References

• “蛛”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

蛛

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. spider

Readings

• Go-on: ちゅう (chū)
• Kan-on: ちゅう (chū)
• Kun: くも (kumo, 蛛)

Compounds

• 蜘蛛(くも) (kumo), 蜘蛛(ちちゅう) (chichū), 蜘蛛(ちちゅ) (chichu), 蜘蛛(ちしゅ) (chishu, “spider”)
• 蛛形類(ちゅけいるい) (chukeirui)
• 蛛網(ちゅもう) (chumō, “spiderweb”)

Korean

Hanja

蛛 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu, Yale cwu)

1. spider

Compounds

• 지주 (蜘蛛, jiju, “spider”)

Vietnamese

Han character

蛛: Hán Nôm readings: chu, châu, chẫu, thù

1. spider

Compounds

• tri chu (蜘蛛, “spider”)