蜘蛛

Cantonese

simpl. and trad.
蜘蛛

Noun

蜘蛛 (traditional and simplified, jyutping zi1 zyu1)

1. spider

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
蜘	蛛

Alternative forms

• クモ (kumo) (more often used, always in science)

Noun

蜘蛛 (hiragana くも, romaji kumo)

1. a spider

Derived terms

海蜘蛛 女郎蜘蛛 毒蜘蛛 水蜘蛛 蜘蛛膜 蜘蛛猿 (くもざる, クモザル, kumozaru); spider monkey 蜘蛛の子 (kumo no ko); baby spider クモガニ (kumogani); spider crab 蜘蛛の子を散らす (くものこをちらす, kumo no ko o chirasu); to scatter in all directions like baby spiders 蜘蛛の巣 (くものす, kumo no su), クモの巣 (クモのす, kumo no su); spiderweb

蜘蛛の巣黴 (くものすかび, クモノスカビ, kumo no sukabi); Rhizopus (saprobic fungus) 蜘蛛の巣理論, くもの巣理論 (くものすりろん, kumo no suriron); cobweb theorem 蜘蛛海星, 蜘蛛人手 (くもひとで, クモヒトデ, kumohitode); brittlestar くも膜, 蜘蛛膜 (くもまく, kumomaku); the arachnoid クモ膜下腔 (クモまくかくう, kumomakukakū), 蜘蛛膜下腔 (くもまくかくう, kumomakukakū); subarachnoid space くも膜下出血, 蜘蛛膜下出血 (くもまくかしゅっけつ, kumomakukashukketsu); subarachnoid hemorrhage

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Korean

Hanja in this word
蜘	蛛

Noun

蜘蛛 (jiju)

1. Hanja form^? of 지주, “spider”.

Synonyms

• 거미

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
蜘蛛

Alternative forms

• (archaic) 鼅鼄

Pronunciation

• IPA: [tʂɚ˥˥tʂu˥˥]

Noun

蜘蛛 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin zhīzhū)

1. spider

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Min Nan

simpl. and trad.
蜘蛛

Alternative forms

• (archaic) 鼅鼄

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ti˧˧tu˥˥]

Noun

蜘蛛 (traditional and simplified, POJ ti-tu)

1. spider