皮虫

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 皮虫 – see 皮蟲 (“Knot beetle”). (This term is the simplified form of 皮蟲).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
皮	虫
かわ Grade: 3	むし Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
皮蟲 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

kapamushi → kaɸamushi → kawamushi. Literally 皮 (kawa, “skin, fur, hair”) +‎ 虫 (mushi, “insect”).

Noun

皮(かわ)虫(むし) • (kawamushi) ^{←かはむし (kafamusi)?}

1. caterpillar
   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 8, page 68:

     烏毛虫 兼名苑云、髯虫。一名烏毛虫、加波无之

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   • circa 11th century, Tsutsumi Chūnagon Monogatari

     かは虫の、心ふかきさましたるこそ心にくけれ

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   • circa 11th century, Tsutsumi Chūnagon Monogatari

     かは虫の蝶とはなるなり

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Synonyms

• 毛虫

References

• Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.
• Ōtsuki, Osamu with Gen'e Imai, Sumiaki Morishita, Masao Karashima (1992) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 26: Tsutsumi Chūnagon Monogatari, Torikaebaya Monogatari (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN