蛛

蛛 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹十木 (LIHJD), four-corner 5519₀, composition ⿰虫朱)

• 𦅱

• 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

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 was added to the pictograph to indicate sound. In small seal script, the character became written as the characters 鼄／𬹣 and 蛛.

蛛

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

• “蛛”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. spider

• Go-on: ちゅう (chū)
• Kan-on: ちゅう (chū)
• Kun: くも (kumo, 蛛)

• 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”)

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

1. spider

• 지주 (蜘蛛, jiju, “spider”)

蛛: Hán Nôm readings: chu, châu, chẫu, thù

1. spider

• tri chu (蜘蛛, “spider”)