蟲

See also: 虫
蟲 U+87F2, 蟲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87F2
← 蟱
[U+87F1] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蟳 →
[U+87F3]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

Chinese

trad. 蟲
simp. 虫*

Glyph origin

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) : 虫 (“snake; insect”) + 虫 + 虫. Triplication of 虫 (“snake; insect”).

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

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • tè̤ng - vernacular;
  • tṳ̀ng - literary.
Note:
  • thâng - vernacular;
  • thiông - literary.
Rime
Character 蟲
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 東 (2)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 直弓切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɖɨuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɖiuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȡiuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɖuwŋ/
Li
Rong		 /ȡiuŋ/
Wang
Li		 /ȡĭuŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȡʱi̯uŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 chóng
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蟲
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 chóng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ drjuwng ›
Old
Chinese		 /*C.lruŋ/
English insect

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蟲
Reading # 1/2
No. 1506
Phonetic
component		 蟲
Rime
group		 終
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 蟲
Old
Chinese		 /*l'uŋ/
Notes 後省作蟲已見漢簡

Definitions

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​.

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

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
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
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

蟲

  1. (of insect) to bite; to eat

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

蟲

  1. Only used in 蟲蟲／虫虫.

Japanese

Shinjitai

 虫

Kyūjitai

 蟲

Kanji

蟲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 虫)

  1. insect, bug

Readings

Korean

Hanja

蟲 • (chung, dong) (hangeul 충, 동, McCune–Reischauer ch'ung, tong, Yale chwung, tong)

  1. worms
  2. insects

Vietnamese

Han character

蟲 (trùng, sùng)

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