蟋蟀

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (蟋蟀)		蟋	蟀
simp. #(蟋蟀)		蟋	蟀
alternative forms		螅蟀 蟋𧍓 悉𧍓

蟋蟀。

Etymology

A reduplicative Old Chinese compound of the shape /*srit srut/.

Some similar words can be found in neighbouring languages:

• Sino-Tibetan: Starostin sets up Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rĭt ~ rŭt (“cricket”), to include this Chinese word, Burmese ပုရစ် (pu.rac, “cricket”), and Jingpho kǝrot (“a species of cricket”).
• Mon-Khmer: Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *[t₁/c]riit (“cricket; to chirr”), whence Khmer ចង្រិត (cɑngrət, “cricket”) and Thai จิ้งหรีด (jîng-rìit) (Manomaivibool, 1975).

Compare: 窸窣 (OC *sid suːd, “onomatopoeia of chirping or rustling”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xīshuài

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄕㄨㄞˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xi² so² / xi² suai⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ seot¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): sék-sáuk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sek-sut / siak-sut / sek-sùi / tek-sut / siat-sut / sih-sut

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sêg⁴ sug⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīshuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄕㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sishuài
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-shuai⁴
    • Yale: syī-shwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishuay
    • Palladius: сишуай (sišuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: xi² so² / xi² suai⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xiso / xisuai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹ so²¹/, /ɕi²¹ suai²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ seot¹
    • Yale: sīk sēut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ soet⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ sêd¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ sɵt̚⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sék-sáuk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ sɑuʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-sut
    • Tâi-lô: sik-sut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seksud
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ sut̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Kinmen): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁵⁴ sut̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ sut̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Lukang): /siɪk̚⁵ sut̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak-sut
    • Tâi-lô: siak-sut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaksud
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ sut̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-sùi
    • Tâi-lô: sik-suì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seksuix
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ sui¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-sut
    • Tâi-lô: tik-sut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: deksud
    • Sinological IPA (Tainan): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ sut̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siat-sut
    • Tâi-lô: siat-sut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siatsud
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sih-sut
    • Tâi-lô: sih-sut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sihsud
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /si(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sut̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /si(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ sut̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sêg⁴ sug⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sek suk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sek̚²⁻⁴ suk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: sit|srit srwit

Rime
Character	蟋	蟋	蟀
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	生 (21)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	質 (48)	櫛 (51)	術 (52)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	息七切	所櫛切	所律切
Baxter	sit	srit	srwit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siɪt̚/	/ʃɪt̚/	/ʃiuɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/sit̚/	/ʃɪt̚/	/ʃʷit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sjet̚/	/ʃiet̚/	/ʃjuet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sit̚/	/ʂit̚/	/ʂwit̚/
Li Rong	/siĕt̚/	/ʃiĕt̚/	/ʃiuĕt̚/
Wang Li	/sĭĕt̚/	/ʃĭet̚/	/ʃĭuĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ĕt̚/	/ʂi̯æt̚/	/ʂi̯uĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xi	she	shuai
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sat1	sat1	seot1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*srit  srut/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sid|srid  srud/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蟋	蟀
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī	shuài
Middle Chinese	‹ srit ›	‹ srwit ›
Old Chinese	/*srit/	/*srut/
English	蟋蟀 cricket	蟋蟀 cricket
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	蟋	蟋	蟀
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	13340	13343	8609
Phonetic component	悉	悉	率
Rime group	質	質	物
Rime subdivision	1	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	悉	瑟	率
Old Chinese	/*sid/	/*srid/	/*srud/
Notes	見爾雅說文作悉		原列質韻

Noun

蟋蟀

1. cricket (insect)

   • 九月在戶，十月蟋蟀入我牀下。穹窒熏鼠，塞向墐戶。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     九月在户，十月蟋蟀入我牀下。穹窒熏鼠，塞向墐户。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Jiǔyuè zài hù, shíyuè xīshuài rù wǒ chuáng xià. Qióng zhì xūn shǔ, sài xiàng jìn hù. [Pinyin]

     In the ninth month, about the doors;
     In the tenth month, the cricket enters under our beds.
     Chinks are filled up, and rats are smoked out.
     The windows that face [the north] are stopped up;

   • 溫風始至，蟋蟀居壁，鷹乃學習，腐草為螢。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     温风始至，蟋蟀居壁，鹰乃学习，腐草为萤。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Wēn fēng shǐ zhì, xīshuài jū bì, yīng nǎi xuéxí, fǔcǎo wéi yíng. [Pinyin]

     Gentle winds begin to blow.
     The cricket takes its place in the walls.
     (Young) hawks learn to practise (the ways of their parents).
     Decaying grass becomes fire-flies.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蟋蟀 (“cricket (insect)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蟋蟀, 促織, 蜻蛚, 蝍蛆, 蛩, 吟蛩, 秋蛩, 懶婦
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蟋蟀
Taxonomic name		蟋蟀
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蛐蛐兒
	Taiwan	蟋蟀
	Ulanhot	蛐蛐
	Tongliao	蛐蛐
	Chifeng	蛐蛐兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	蛐蛐
	Harbin	蛐蛐兒
	Shenyang	蛐蛐兒
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	蛐蛐兒
	Jinan	蛐兒蛐兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	蛐蛐子
	Qingdao	土蚱兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蛐蛐
	Wanrong	臭吱吱
	Zhengzhou	促促兒
	Xi'an	蛐蛐兒
	Xining	秋蟬兒, 蛐蛐
	Xuzhou	蛐兒蛐兒
	Pizhou	叫蛐子, 叫狗
	Donghai	蛐慶子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	黑油麥蚱, 蛐蛐
	Bayanhot	蟋蟀
	Lanzhou	蛐蛐, 錯翅子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	叫雞子, 叫雞雞, 蛐蛐兒
	Wuhan	蛐蛐
	Guiyang	蛐蛐
	Kunming	蛐蛐兒
	Yangshuo	灶雞
	Liuzhou	蛐蛐
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	蛐蛐
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蛐織
	Yangzhou	蛐蛐子
	Baoying	蛐蛐子
	Taizhou	蛐蛐兒
	Zhenjiang	蛐蛐兒
	Lianyungang	棲慶子
	Huai'an (Huaiyin)	蛐蛐
	Xuyi	蛐蛐
	Nantong	蛐蛐
	Rugao	蟋蟀兒
	Yancheng	蛐蛐
	Funing	蛐蛐
	Hefei	蛐蛐, 蛐蛐子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	織蟀, 蟀, 蟀子
	Hong Kong	蟋蟀, 織蟀
	Macau	蟋蟀
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	蟀
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	蟀
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	蟀
	Foshan	織蟀
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	蟀蟀
	Foshan (Shunde)	蟀
	Foshan (Sanshui)	蟀
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	蟀蟀
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	織蟀
	Zhongshan (Huancheng)	織蟀
	Zhongshan (Nanlang)	織蟀
	Zhongshan (Xiaolan)	蟀, 蟀蟀
	Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan)	蟀, 蟀蟀
	Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan)	蟀, 蟀蟀
	Zhongshan (Henglan)	蟀, 蟀蟀
	Zhongshan (Dongfeng)	蟀, 蟀蟀
	Zhongshan (Nantou)	蟀, 蟀蟀
	Zhongshan (Fusha)	蟀, 蟀蟀
	Zhongshan (Shalang)	蟀, 蟀蟀
	Zhongshan (Gangkou)	蟀, 蟀蟀
	Zhongshan (Huangpu)	蟀, 蟀蟀
	Zhongshan (Sanjiao)	織促
	Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong)	蟀, 蟀蟀
	Zhongshan (Minzhong)	蟀, 蟀蟀
	Zhongshan (Guzhen)	蟋蟀
	Zhongshan (Banfu)	蟀, 蟀蟀
	Zhongshan (Tanzhou)	蟀, 蟀蟀
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	足雞
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	蟋蟀
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	蟋蟀
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	酒蟀
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	蟋蟀
	Taishan	蟋蟀
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蟋蟀
	Enping (Niujiang)	蟋蟀
	Heshan (Yayao)	蟋蟀
	Dongguan	子蟀
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	蟋蟀
	Shaoguan	織蟀
	Yunfu	促蟀
	Yangjiang	促蟀
	Xinyi	促織
	Lianjiang	織蟀
	Mandalay (Taishan)	蟋蟀
Gan	Nanchang	蛐蛐
	Lichuan	蟋蟀
	Pingxiang	蟋蟀, 蟋蟀仔
Hakka	Meixian	蟋蟀仔
	Xingning	土唧哩
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	蛛蟀
	Huidong (Daling)	草唧
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	草織
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	草織
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	蟋蟀
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	草雞子
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	草唧
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	草蟀
	Changting	草唧
	Wuping	草唧子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	草唧子
	Liancheng	草唧
	Ninghua	草虻
	Yudu	蟋蟀子
	Ruijin	山灶雞
	Shicheng	山灶雞子
	Shangyou (Shexi)	蟋蟀
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	土狗仔, 草唧仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	土狗仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	土狗仔, 草唧仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	土狗, 草唧
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	土狗仔, 草唧仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	土狗
Huizhou	Jixi	織織
Jin	Taiyuan	蛐蛐
	Xinzhou	黑色兒
	Taibus (Baochang)	蟋蟀
	Linhe	秋翅兒
	Jining	秋鈴兒
	Hohhot	蛐蛐
	Baotou	秋鈴兒
	Dongsheng	秋蟬兒
	Haibowan	蟋蟀
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蟋蟀
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蟋蟀
	Fuqing	壁蟀
	Gutian	蟣立
Southern Min	Xiamen	蟋蟀
	Zhangzhou	記蟀
	Taipei	杜猴, 蟋蟀
	Taipei (Wanhua)	蟋蟀仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	杜猴
	Kaohsiung	杜伯仔, 杜猴
	Yilan	杜猴
	Changhua (Lukang)	杜猴, 蟋蟀, 烏龍
	Taichung	杜猴, 蟋蟀仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	灶雞仔
	Tainan	杜伯仔, 蟋蟀, 蟋蟀仔
	Taitung	烏龍仔
	Hsinchu	杜猴
	Kinmen	杜猴, 蟋蟀
	Penghu (Magong)	杜猴, 烏龍, 赤蜣, 蟋蟀
	Penang (Hokkien)	cengkerik
	Chaozhou	蟋蟀
	Shantou	蟋蟀
Puxian Min	Putian	織蛛
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	織蛛
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	織蛛
	Xianyou	織蛛, 洋猴
	Xianyou (Fengting)	織蛛
	Xianyou (Youyang)	織蛛
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	蟋蟀
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	勝勝, 土狗
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	灶織子
Wu	Shanghai	蹔𧉆
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蹔𧉆
	Suzhou	蹔𧉆
	Wuxi	蹔𧉆
	Changshu	蹔𧉆
	Nantong (Haimen)	蹔𧉆
	Changzhou	蛐蛐
	Danyang	治治
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	斗菊則
	Hangzhou	蛐蛐兒
	Ningbo	蹔𧉆, 丁獅子
	Wenzhou	蟋蟀
	Jinhua	蟋蟀兒
Xiang	Changsha	蛐蛐
	Xiangtan	蟋蟋
	Loudi	蟋蟀子
	Shuangfeng	蟋蟀
	Hengyang	灶雞子

Derived terms

• 蟋蟀仔
• 蟋蟀子
• 蟋蟀草
• 鬥蟋蟀 / 斗蟋蟀 (dòuxīshuài)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蟋	蟀
こおろぎ
Hyōgai	Hyōgai
jukujikun

Alternative spelling
蛼

The kanji are jukujikun (熟(じゅく)字(じ)訓(くん)), from Chinese 蟋蟀 (xīshuài) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɾo̞ɡʲi]
• (Tokyo) こおろぎ [kóꜜòrògì] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

蟋蟀(こおろぎ) or 蟋蟀(コオロギ) • (kōrogi) ^{←こほろぎ (koforogi)?}

1. a cricket (insect)

   Synonyms: 蟋蟀 (shishitsu), 螽蟖 (kirigirisu), 秋蛩 (shūkyō), ちちろ虫 (chichiromushi), 綴刺 (tsuzuresase), 絡糸嬢 (rakushi-jō), 絡緯 (rakui), 懶婦 (ranpu)

Derived terms

• 御竈蟋蟀(おかまこおろぎ) (okamakōrogi)
• 阿亀蟋蟀(おかめこおろぎ) (okamekōrogi)
• 海老蟋蟀(えびこおろぎ) (ebikōrogi)
• 閻魔蟋蟀(エンマコオロギ) (enmakōrogi)
• 竈蟋蟀(カマドコオロギ) (kamadokōrogi)
• 綴刺蟋蟀(ツヅレサセコオロギ) (tsuzuresasekōrogi)
• 三角蟋蟀(ミツカドコオロギ) (mitsukadokōrogi)

See also

• クリケット (kuriketto)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蟋	蟀
しつ > しっ Hyōgai	しゅつ Hyōgai
on'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕiɕːɨt͡sɨ]
• (Tokyo) しっしゅつ [shìsshútsú] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

蟋(しっ)蟀(しゅつ) • (shisshutsu) ^{←しつしゆつ (situsyutu)?}

1. a cricket (insect)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
蟋	蟀
しつ > しっ Hyōgai	しゅつ > しつ Hyōgai
irregular

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

蟋(しっ)蟀(しつ) • (shisshitsu) ^{←しつしつ (situsitu)?}

1. a cricket (insect)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
蟋	蟀
させ
Hyōgai	Hyōgai
jukujikun

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

蟋蟀(させ) • (sase) 

1. (archaic) a cricket (insect)

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
蟋	蟀
きりぎりす
Hyōgai	Hyōgai
jukujikun

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

蟋蟀(きりぎりす) or 蟋蟀(キリギリス) • (kirigirisu) 

1. alternative spelling of 螽蟖 (kirigirisu, “Japanese katydid”)

References

• “〈^▲蟋^▲蟀〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
蟋	蟀

Noun

蟋蟀 • (silsol) (hangeul 실솔)

1. (archaic) hanja form^? of 실솔 (“cricket”)