蛛

See also: 鼄

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

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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 (zhū)' 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

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tu / chu

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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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tu
    • Tâi-lô: tu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tu³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tu⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu
    • Tâi-lô: tsu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴/

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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/
Bernard 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

(deprecated template usage) 蛛

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

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Japanese

Kanji

蛛

(uncommon “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”)

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. spider

Compounds

• 지주 (蜘蛛, jiju, “spider”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 蛛 (chu, châu, chẫu, thù)

1. spider

Compounds

• tri chu (蜘蛛, “spider”)