蟲

See also: 虫 and 𮓼

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		蟲
simp.		虫*

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蟲
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (蟲) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
痋	*l'uːŋ
鉵	*l'uːŋ
赨	*l'uːŋ
爞	*l'uːŋ, *l'uŋ
蟲	*l'uŋ, *l'uŋs
融	*luŋ
瀜	*luŋ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : Triplication of 虫 (“snake; insect”).

Note that 虫 is also a traditional character on its own.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dyuŋ (“insect; bug”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蟲

1. insect; bug
2. ^† animal (in general)

   爬蟲／爬虫  ―  páchóng  ―  reptile

3. ^† insect infestation
4. person who indulges in something

   懶蟲／懒虫  ―  lǎnchóng  ―  lazy fellow

   網蟲／网虫  ―  wǎngchóng  ―  netizen

5. a surname

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòng (zhong⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhòng
    • Wade–Giles: chung⁴
    • Yale: jùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonq
    • Palladius: чжун (čžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: drjuwngH

Rime
Character	蟲
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直衆切
Baxter	drjuwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨuŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiuŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiuŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuwŋH/
Li Rong	/ȡiuŋH/
Wang Li	/ȡĭuŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯uŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'uŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟲
Reading #	2/2
No.	1508
Phonetic component	蟲
Rime group	終
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	仲
Old Chinese	/*l'uŋs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蟲

1. (of insect) to bite; to eat

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóng (tong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²
    • Yale: túng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torng
    • Palladius: тун (tun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蟲

1. Only used in 蟲蟲／虫虫 (chóngchóng).

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	虫
Kyūjitai	蟲

Kanji

蟲

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 虫)

1. insect, bug

Readings

• Go-on: じゅう (jū)^{←ぢゆう (dyuu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちゅう (chū)^{←ちゆう (tyuu, historical)}
• Kun: むし (mushi, 蟲)

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Korean

Hanja

蟲 • (chung, dong) (hangeul 충, 동)

1. worms
2. insects

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 蟲 (trùng, sùng)

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