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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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昆
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蟲
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
kūn
|
chóng
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ kwon ›
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‹ drjuwng ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*ˁu/
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/*C.lruŋ/
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| English
|
elder brother
|
insect
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Noun
昆蟲
- insect
Synonyms
- 蟲蟻／虫蚁 (chóngyǐ)
- (formal, Hokkien) 蟲豸／虫豸 (chóngzhì)
- (Eastern Min) 蟲囝／虫囝
Derived terms
Japanese
Noun
昆蟲 • (konchū)
- insect
Korean
Noun
昆蟲 • (gonchung) (hangeul 곤충)
- hanja form? of 곤충 (“insect”)
Vietnamese
Noun
昆蟲
- chữ Hán form of côn trùng (“insect”).