蟲

See also: 虫

Translingual

Han character

蟲 (radical 142 虫+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈中戈戈 (LILII), four-corner 5013₆, composition ⿱虫䖵)

References

• KangXi: page 1098, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33633
• Dae Jaweon: page 1562, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2891, character 6
• Unihan data for U+87F2

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Chinese

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trad.		蟲
simp.		虫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóng (chong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): chhùng
• Min Nan (POJ): thâng
• Wu (WT Romanisation): zon (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: chóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ung²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chongr
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung⁴
    • Yale: chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhùng
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâng
    • Tâi-lô: thâng
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰaŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰaŋ¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: zon (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /z̻ʊŋ²³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (蟲, reconstructed)
Character (蟲), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 澄 (11) Final: 東 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 直弓切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɖɨuŋ/	/ȡʱi̯uŋ/	/ȡiuŋ/	/ɖiuŋ/	/ɖuwŋ/	/ȡĭuŋ/	/ȡiuŋ/
Character (蟲), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 澄 (11) Final: 東 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 直衆切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɖɨuŋH/	/ȡʱi̯uŋH/	/ȡiuŋH/	/ɖiuŋH/	/ɖuwŋH/	/ȡĭuŋH/	/ȡiuŋH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (蟲, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
蟲								chóng								‹ drjuwng ›								/*C.lruŋ/								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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
蟲					1506					蟲					終					0					蟲					/*l'uŋ/					後省作蟲已見漢簡
蟲					1508					蟲					終					0					仲					/*l'uŋs/

Definitions

蟲

1. worm
2. insect, bug
3. (archaic) a poisonous snake

   爬蟲 / 爬虫  ―  páchóng  ―  reptile

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Japanese

Kanji

蟲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 虫)

1. insect, bug

Readings

• On: き (ki), ちゅう (chū)
• Kun: むし (mushi)

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Korean

Hanja

蟲 (chung) (hangeul 충, McCune-Reischauer ch'ung, Yale chwung)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蟲 (trùng, sùng)

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