# 蠢

| 蠢 | U+8822, &#34850; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8822 |
| ← 蠡 [U+8821] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蠣 → [U+8823] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蠢 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 手日中戈戈 (QALII), four-corner 5013$_6$, composition ⿱春䖵)

#### Derived characters

* 𡆂 𢺨 𣡢 𤅧 𤜗 𨙥 𧕹 𧕷

#### 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
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 蠢
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 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
    (Pinyin): chǔn (chun$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhún / thún
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chǔn
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chǔn
*** Wade–Giles: chʻun$^3$
*** Yale: chwǔn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choen
*** Palladius: чунь (čunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ceon$^2$
*** Yale: chéun
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cên$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɵn³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhún / thún
*** Tâi-lô: tshún / thún
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhuon, tuon
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰun⁵³/, /tʰun⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰun⁵⁵⁴/, /tʰun⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰun⁵³/, /tʰun⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰun⁵³/, /tʰun⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun⁴¹/, /tʰun⁴¹/
* chhún - literary;
* thún - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: tsyhwinX
Rime :
| Character | 蠢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 昌 (24) |
| Final (韻) | 諄 (47) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 尺尹切 |
| Baxter | tsyhwinX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕʰiuɪn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕʰʷin$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕʰjuen$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cʰwin$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕʰiuĕn$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕʰĭuĕn$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕʰi̯uĕn$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chǔn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ceon$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjunʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蠢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12574 |
| Phonetic component | 屯 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蠢 |
| Old Chinese | /*tʰjunʔ/ |

### Definitions

蠢
* to squirm; to wriggle
* stupid; foolish
* clumsy; awkward

#### Synonyms

* (stupid):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 笨, 愚笨, 愚蠢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 笨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 笨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 笨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 笨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 悶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 笨, 蠢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 笨, 蠢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 笨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 笨 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蠢, 笨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蠢, 笨 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 吽, 塞督, 塞 |
| Cantonese | 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 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 白仁 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 笨 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 呆, 笨 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蠢 |
| Xiang | 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 (lan$^2$ joeng$^{6-2}$) (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 ($^7$faq $^8$doq) (Wu)
* 笨 (bèn)
* 笨拙 (bènzhuō)
* 笨車車 / 笨车车 (Hokkien)
* 臭笨 (Hokkien)
* 菜瓜 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 蠢氣 / 蠢气 (qyn$^3$ qi$^4$) (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

* 勇男蠢婦 / 勇男蠢妇
* 寒蠢
* 愚蠢 (yúchǔn)
* 蚩蚩蠢蠢 (chīchīchǔnchǔn)
* 蠢人 (chǔnrén)
* 蠢動 / 蠢动 (chǔndòng)
* 蠢夯 (chǔnbèn)
* 蠢材 (chǔncái)
* 蠢東西 / 蠢东西
* 蠢漢 / 蠢汉
* 蠢物
* 蠢笨 (chǔnbèn)
* 蠢若木雞 / 蠢若木鸡
* 蠢蟲 / 蠢虫
* 蠢蠢 (chǔnchǔn)
* 蠢蠢欲動 / 蠢蠢欲动 (chǔnchǔnyùdòng)
* 蠢話 / 蠢话 (chǔnhuà)
* 蠢貨 / 蠢货 (chǔnhuò)
* 蠢陋

#### See also

* 傻 (shǎ, “foolish”)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* squirm, wriggle

#### Readings

* Go-on: しゅん (shun)
* Kan-on: しゅん (shun)
* Kun: うごめく (ugomeku, 蠢く)、うごめかす (ugomekasu, 蠢かす)

#### Compounds

* 蠢蠢(しゅんしゅん) (shunshun)
* 蠢愚(しゅんぐ) (shungu)
* 蠢爾(しゅんじ) (shunji)
* 蠢動(しゅんどう) (shundō)
* 愚蠢(ぐしゅん) (gushun)
* 蠢蠢(うごうご) (ugougo)

## Korean
### Hanja

蠢 • (jun) (hangeul 준, revised jun, McCune–Reischauer chun, Yale cwun)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

蠢: Hán Việt readings: xuẩn
蠢: Nôm readings: xuẩn, xoáy
* chữ Hán form of xuẩn (“squirm, wiggle”).

#### References

* 1 2 Trần (2004).
* ↑ Trần (1999).
* ↑ Nguyễn (1974).
* ↑ Thiều Chửu (1942).
* ↑ xoẳn-btcn.