昆蟲

See also: 昆虫

Chinese

		many; numerous; swarming	animal; insect
trad. (昆蟲)		昆	蟲
simp. (昆虫)		昆	虫
alternative forms		䖵蟲／䖵虫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kūnchóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan¹ cung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khûn-chhùng
• Eastern Min (BUC): kŏng-tṳ̀ng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khun-thiông / khun-thâng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹khuen-zon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kūnchóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kunchóng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻun¹-chʻung²
    • Yale: kwūn-chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuenchorng
    • Palladius: куньчун (kunʹčun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwan¹ cung⁴
    • Yale: kwān chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwan¹ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuen¹ cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khûn-chhùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: kun^ˊ cung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kun¹ cung²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰun²⁴ t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kŏng-tṳ̀ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰouŋ⁵⁵ ^(tʰ-)nyŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khun-thiông
    • Tâi-lô: khun-thiông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: quntioong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰun³³ tʰiɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khun-thâng
    • Tâi-lô: khun-thâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: quntaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰaŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰun³³ tʰaŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰaŋ²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹khuen-zon
    • MiniDict: khuen^平 zon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khun-zon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰuən⁵⁵ zoŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kwon drjuwng

Rime
Character	昆	蟲
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	古渾切	直弓切
Baxter	kwon	drjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuən/	/ɖɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kuon/	/ɖiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kuən/	/ȡiuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwən/	/ɖuwŋ/
Li Rong	/kuən/	/ȡiuŋ/
Wang Li	/kuən/	/ȡĭuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuən/	/ȡʱi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gūn	chóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwan1	cung4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤu[n]  C.lruŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuːn  l'uŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	昆	蟲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kūn	chóng
Middle Chinese	‹ kwon ›	‹ drjuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁu[n]/	/*C.lruŋ/
English	elder brother	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	昆	蟲
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	7519	1506
Phonetic component	昆	蟲
Rime group	文	終
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	昆	蟲
Old Chinese	/*kuːn/	/*l'uŋ/
Notes	金文象日下二人比肩同作， 造意同眾而省文， 如夕月異語共義轉註例	後省作蟲已見漢簡

Noun

昆蟲

1. insect

   • 然後昆蟲萬物生其間，可以相食養者，不可勝數也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     然后昆虫万物生其间，可以相食养者，不可胜数也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Ránhòu kūnchóng wànwù shēng qí jiān, kě yǐ xiàng sìyǎng zhě, bùkěshèngshù yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 蟲蟻／虫蚁 (chóngyǐ)
• (formal, Hokkien) 蟲豸／虫豸 (chóngzhì)
• (Eastern Min) 蟲囝／虫囝

Derived terms

• 昆蟲學／昆虫学 (kūnchóngxué)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
昆	蟲
こん Grade: S	ちゅう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

昆(こん)蟲(ちゅう) • (konchū) 

1. insect

Korean

Hanja in this term
昆	蟲

Noun

昆蟲 • (gonchung) (hangeul 곤충)

1. hanja form^? of 곤충 (“insect”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
昆	蟲

Noun

昆蟲

1. chữ Hán form of côn trùng (“insect”).