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Translingual
Han character
蜘 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人大口 (LIOKR), four-corner 56100, composition ⿰虫知)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1085, character 27
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33134
- Dae Jaweon: page 1552, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2862, character 15
- Unihan data for U+8718
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 彘
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*l'eds
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| 璏
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*l'eds, *ɢʷleds, *ɢʷled
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| 薙
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*l̥ʰiːs, *ljiʔ, *l'iʔ
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| 知
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*ʔl'e
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| 蜘
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*te
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| 智
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*ʔl'es
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| 鼅
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*te
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| 潪
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*teɡs, *deɡ
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| 踟
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*de
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| 雉
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*l'iʔ
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| 矢
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*hliʔ
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| 痴
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*l̥ʰɯ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *te) : semantic 虫 (“insect; insect-like creature”) + phonetic 知 (OC *ʔl'e). Originally 鼅 (OC *te), which was originally 䵹.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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蜘
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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zhī
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ trje ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*tre/
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| English
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*tre.tro spider
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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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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蜘
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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11496
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Phonetic
component
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矢
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Rime
group
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支
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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Old
Chinese
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/*te/
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| Notes
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同鼅見太玄，說文作蟲上知於
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Definitions
蜘
- Used in 蜘蛛 (zhīzhū, “spider”).
Japanese
Kanji
蜘
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- spider
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
蜘 • (ji) (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune–Reischauer chi, Yale ci)
- spider
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
蜘: Hán Nôm readings: tri
- spider
Compounds