蠢
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See also: 惷
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Translingual
Han character
蠢 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 手日中戈戈 (QALII), four-corner 50136, composition ⿱春䖵)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1101, character 44
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33797
- Dae Jaweon: page 1565, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2901, character 10
- Unihan data for U+8822
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
蠢 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | ||
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 蠢 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 躉 | *tuːnʔ |
| 窀 | *rduːn, *duːn, *tun |
| 沌 | *donʔ, *duːn, *duːnʔ |
| 盹 | *tuːnʔ, *tjuns |
| 頓 | *tuːns |
| 扽 | *tuːns |
| 黗 | *tʰuːn, *tʰuːnʔ |
| 吨 | *tʰuːnʔ |
| 屯 | *duːn, *tun |
| 飩 | *duːn |
| 豘 | *duːn |
| 軘 | *duːn |
| 坉 | *duːn |
| 邨 | *duːn, *stʰuːn |
| 忳 | *duːn |
| 芚 | *duːn |
| 庉 | *duːn, *duːnʔ |
| 囤 | *duːnʔ |
| 迍 | *tun |
| 杶 | *tʰun |
| 瑃 | *tʰun |
| 椿 | *tʰun |
| 偆 | *tʰunʔ, *tʰjunʔ |
| 肫 | *tjun |
| 訰 | *tjun, *tjuns |
| 純 | *tjunʔ, *djun |
| 春 | *tʰjun |
| 蠢 | *tʰjunʔ |
| 踳 | *tʰjunʔ |
| 惷 | *tʰjunʔ |
| 蒓 | *djun |
| 賰 | *hljunʔ |
| 鬊 | *hljuns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tʰjunʔ) : phonetic 春 (OC *tʰjun) + semantic 䖵 (“insects”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chǔn
- Wade–Giles: chʻun3
- Yale: chwǔn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choen
- Palladius: чунь (čunʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ceon2
- Yale: chéun
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen2
- Guangdong Romanization: cên2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɵn³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
Note:
- chhún - literary;
- thún - vernacular.
- Middle Chinese: tsyhwinX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjunʔ/
Definitions
蠢
Synonyms
- (stupid):
Dialectal synonyms of 笨 (“stupid; lacking intelligence”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 笨, 愚笨, 愚蠢 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 笨 |
| Taiwan | 笨 | |
| Singapore | 笨 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 笨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 悶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 笨, 蠢 |
| Wuhan | 笨, 蠢 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 笨 |
| Hefei | 笨 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蠢, 笨 |
| Hong Kong | 蠢, 笨 | |
| Yangjiang | 吽, 塞督, 塞 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 蠢 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 笨, 蠢 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 笨 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 笨 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 笨 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 愚, 笨 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 笨 |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 白仁 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 笨 |
| Wenzhou | 呆, 笨 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蠢 |
| Shuangfeng | 蠢 | |
- (clumsy):
- 呆
- 呆傻 (dāishǎ)
- 呆痴 (dāichī)
- 𡳞面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
- 𡳞鳥面 / 𡳞鸟面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
- 愚戇 / 愚戆 (Hokkien)
- 愚昧 (yúmèi)
- 愚笨 (yúbèn)
- 愚蠢 (yúchǔn)
- 愚鈍 / 愚钝 (yúdùn)
- 拙 (zhuō) (literary, or in compounds)
- 拙笨 (zhuōbèn)
- 撚樣 / 撚样 (lan2 joeng6-2) (Cantonese, vulgar)
- 暗昧 (ànmèi)
- 梢跤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 梢跤軟蹄 / 梢跤软蹄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 梢蹬 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 棒槌 (bàngchuí)
- 海鱟 / 海鲎 (Hokkien)
- 混鈍 / 混钝 (Hokkien)
- 痴呆
- 發踱 / 发踱 (7faq 8doq) (Wu)
- 笨 (bèn)
- 笨拙 (bènzhuō)
- 笨車車 / 笨车车 (Hokkien)
- 臭笨 (Hokkien)
- 菜瓜 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
- 蠢氣 / 蠢气 (qyn3 qi4) (Xiang)
- 蠢笨 (chǔnbèn)
- 袋屎 (Hokkien)
- 袋屎袋尿 (Hokkien)
- 跤梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 遲鈍 / 迟钝 (chídùn)
- 阿西 (Hokkien)
- 頇顢 / 顸颟 (Hokkien)
- 鱟 / 鲎 (Hokkien)
- 鳩拙 / 鸠拙 (jiūzhuó) (literary)
Compounds
See also
- 傻 (shǎ, “foolish”)
Japanese
Kanji
蠢
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
蠢 • (jun) (hangeul 준, revised jun, McCune–Reischauer chun, Yale cwun)
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Vietnamese
Han character
蠢: Hán Việt readings: xuẩn[1][2][3][4]
蠢: Nôm readings: xuẩn[1][5], xoáy