# 蜘蛛
## Chinese

* 蜘蛛

### Etymology

Reduplication in Old Chinese (Baxter and Sagart, 1998).
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zhīzhū
       (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄓㄨ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zi$^1$ zu$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^1$ zyu$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): tî-tû
    (Hailu, HRS): di$^ˋ$ du$^ˋ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): tĭ-tṳ̆
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): di$^1$ du$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ti-tu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): di$^1$ du$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tsy-tsy
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zhr$^6$ jy$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhīzhū → zhīzhu (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄓㄨ → ㄓ ˙ㄓㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhihjhů
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^1$-chu$^5$
*** Yale: jr̄-ju
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy.ju
*** Palladius: чжичжу (čžičžu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/ → /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥u²/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: zi$^1$ zu$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zzu
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ t͡su⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^1$ zyu$^1$
*** Yale: jī jyū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^1$ dzy$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^1$ ju$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡syː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tî-tû
*** Hakka Romanization System: di$^ˊ$ du$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: di$^1$ du$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ti²⁴⁻¹¹ tu²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: di$^ˋ$ du$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ti⁵³ tu⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: tĭ-tṳ̆
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi⁵⁵ $^{(tʰ-)}$ly⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: di$^1$ du$^1$ [Phonetic: di$^5$ lu$^1$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁵³³⁻²¹ $^{(t-)}$lu⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ti-tu
*** Tâi-lô: ti-tu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: di'dw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ti⁴⁴⁻²² tu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ti³³ tu³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti⁴⁴⁻²² tu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ti⁴⁴⁻³³ tu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti⁴⁴⁻³³ tu⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: di$^1$ du$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ti tu
*** Sinological IPA : /ti³³⁻²³ tu³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tsy-tsy
*** MiniDict: tsy$^平$ tsy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$tsr-tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: zhr$^6$ jy$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ t͡ɕy³³/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /t͡sz̩²⁴ t͡ɕy³³/
* Middle Chinese: trje trju
Rime :
| Character | 蜘 | 蛛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) | 知 (9) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (11) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 陟移切 | 陟輸切 |
| Baxter | trje | trju |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈiᴇ/ | /ʈɨo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈiɛ/ | /ʈio/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶjɛ/ | /ȶio/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈiə̆/ | /ʈuə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶie/ | /ȶio/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶǐe/ | /ȶĭu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶie̯/ | /ȶi̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhī | zhū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^1$ | zyu$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tre tro/
    (Zhengzhang): /*te to/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蜘 | 蛛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhī | zhū |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ trje › | ‹ trju › |
| Old Chinese | /*tre/ | /*tro/ |
| English | *tre.tro spider | *tre-tro spider |
| 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 | 蜘 | 蛛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 11496 | 17564 |
| Phonetic component | 矢 | 朱 |
| Rime group | 支 | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | | 株 |
| Old Chinese | /*te/ | /*to/ |
| Notes | 同鼅見太玄，說文作蟲上知於 | 說文同鼄 |

### Noun

蜘蛛
* spider
    From: 《關尹子/关尹子》, 300s BCE
    Shèngrén shī fēng, lì jūnchén; shī zhīzhū, lì wǎnggǔ; shī gǒngshǔ, zhì lǐ; shī zhàn yǐ, zhì bīng. Zhòngrén shī xiánrén, xiánrén shī shèngrén, shèngrén shī wànwù. [Pinyin]
    The sages learned from the bees to have monarchs and subjects, and they learned from the spiders to have nets of justice. They learned from the ground squirrels to establish politeness, and they learned from the warring ants to deploy armies. The masses learn from the worthies, the worthies learn from the sages, and the sages learn from the myriad things.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蜘蛛, 鼄蝥 QJ, 蠾蝓 ZW, 蝳蜍 NY, 社公 Q |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蜘蛛 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 蜘蛛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蜘蛛, 蛛蛛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蜘蛛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 蛛蛛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 蛛蛛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 蛛蛛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 蛛蛛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 蛛蛛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 蜘蛛, 蛛蛛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 蜘蛛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蛛蛛, 蜘蛛兒, 蛛蛛兒, 癩癩蛛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 蛛蛛, 癩癩蛛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 蛛蛛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 蛛蛛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 蛛蛛, 癩蛛蛛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 蜘蛛, 蛛蛛, 癩癩蛛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 蜘蛛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 蜘蛛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 蜘蛛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 蛛蛛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 蜘蛛, 蛛蛛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 蛛蛛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 蛛蛛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 蛛蛛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 蛛蛛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 阿郎蛛子, 阿郎蛛, 蜘蛛 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 癩蛛子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 蜘蛛, 蛛蛛, 癩癩蛛, 蟢蛛兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 老老蛛 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 老老蛛, 癩癩蛛 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 癩癩蛛 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 蛛蛛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 蛛蛛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 蛛蛛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 阿郎蛛子, 阿郎蛛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 蛛蛛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 蛛蛛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 蜘蛛, 螺螺蛛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 蛛蛛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 蛛蛛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 蛛蛛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 蛛蛛兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蜘蛛, 蛛蛛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 蜘蜘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 蛛蛛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 蛛蛛, 蟢蛛兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 蜘蛛, 羅蛛子, 羅羅蛛子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 蜘蛛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 蛛蛛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 蛛蛛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 蛛蛛, 蟢里蛛蛛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 蛛蛛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 蛛蛛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 蛛蛛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 蛛蛛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 蛛蛛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 蜘蛛, 蜇蛛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 蜘蛛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 瘩斗兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 蜇蛛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 蜇蛛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 蜘蛛, 蜇蜇兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 蜇蛛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蜘蛛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 蜘蛛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 蜘蛛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 蜘蛛, 蜇蛛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 蜇蛛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 蜇蛛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 蜇蛛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 波絲, 水波絲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 蜇蛛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 蜘蛛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 蜘蛛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 波羅蜈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 蜘蛛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guanyang | 波絲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 蜘蛛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 蜘蛛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 蜘蛛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 蜘蛛, 蛛蛛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 蜘蛛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蜘蛛, 蟢蟢蛛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 蜘蛛, 蛛蛛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 蛛蛛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 蟢蟢, 蟢蟢兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 蜘蛛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 蜘蛛子, 蟢蟢子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 蜘蛛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 蜘蛛 |
| Mandarin | Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle) | 癩蜘蜘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蜘蛛, 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蠄蟧, 蜘蛛 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 蝲䗁 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 蝲䗁 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Macau (Tanka) | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 蜘蛛, 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 蜘蛛, 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 蜘蛛, 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 蠄蟧, 蜘蛛 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 蜘蛛, 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 蜘蛛, 蠄蟧 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蜘蛛 |
| Cantonese | Ipoh (Guangfu) | 蜘蛛 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蝃蛛, 蝃蛛子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 庖繅 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 織蛛 |
| Gan | Jianning | 織蛛 |
| Gan | Taining | 蜘蛛 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 蠄蟧 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 蠄蟧 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Changting | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 奇肖 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 奇肖子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 斜佬 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 斜佬 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 奇肖 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蝲䗁, 蜘蛛 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蝲䗁, 蜘蛛 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蝲䗁, 蜘蛛 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蜘蛛, 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蝲䗁, 蜘蛛 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蜘蛛, 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 蠄蟧 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 蜘蛛 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 蠄蟧 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 蠄蟧 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 甘羅 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Longtan) | 蝲䗁子 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Shiling) | 蝲䗁子 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Longwang) | 蝲䗁子 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Shibantan) | 蝲䗁子 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Hexingchang) | 蝲䗁子 |
| Hakka | Weiyuan (Guanyingtan) | 蝲䗁子, 波絲 |
| Hakka | Yilong (Ma'an) | 波絲 |
| Hakka | Xichang (Huanglianguan) | 蝲䗁子 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 蝲䗁 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 蜘蛛, 蝲䗁 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 蛛蛛 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 蛛蛛 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 蛛蛛, 蜘蛛 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蛛蛛 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 蛛蛛 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 蛛蛛 |
| Jin | Datong | 蛛蛛 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 羅螞蛛蛛, 蟢蛛蛛 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 蜘蛛, 蛛蛛 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 蜘蛛 |
| Jin | Changzhi (Tunliu) | 蛛蛛, 羅螞蛛蛛 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 狼螞蛛蛛 |
| Jin | Linhe | 羅螞蛛蛛 |
| Jin | Jining | 蜘蛛, 蛛蛛, 狼螞蛛蛛 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 蛛蛛, 羅螞蛛蛛 |
| Jin | Baotou | 蜘蛛 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 蜘蛛 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 蜘蛛 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 蛛蛛, 狼螞蛛蛛 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 蛛蛛 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 蛛蛛 |
| Jin | Handan | 蜘蛛 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 蜘蛛 |
| Jin | Suide | 蛛蛛 |
| Jiuxing Yumin | Lanxi | 蟢蟢 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 吊蛛 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 天蛛 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 蜘蛛仔 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 糴蛛仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蜘蛛 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 馬兜爺 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 蜘蛛 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 蟢囝 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 蟢囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 飛絲 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Taitung (Green Island) | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Liuqiu) | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 經蛛, 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Pengnan) | 經蛛 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 經蛛 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Huxi) | 經蛛, 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Wangan) | 經蛛 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Cimei) | 經蛛 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Huayu) | 經蛛 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Zhongtun) | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Houliao) | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Tongliang) | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Jibei) | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 蝲䗁 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 胡蠅虎 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 蜘蛛 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 𧑃蚜 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 紅蜈 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 龍牙古 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 八臘爺 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 蜘蛛 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 八臘爺 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 八臘爺 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 蜘蛛, 八臘爺 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 蜘蛛 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 蜘蛛 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 爬拉䗁 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 蠄蟧, 蜘蛛 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 蝲䗁 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 爪揸, 蛛蛛 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 飛絲 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 蛛蛛子 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 蛛蛛, 蛛蛛子 |
| Waxiang | Luxi (Baisha) | 蛛 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蜘蛛, 結蛛 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 結蛛 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 結蛛, 蜘蛛 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 蜘蛛 |
| Wu | Danyang | 蜘蛛 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 結蛛, 蜘蛛 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蛛蛛, 結蛛 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 絲網蜘蛛 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 蟢, 八腳蟢, 蜘蛛 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 蟢 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蜘蛛子, 蜘蛛 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 蜘蛛子, 蜘蛛 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 蜾蛛子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 剝絲 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 八腳每 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 包絲 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) | 蝲䗁 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 蝲䗁 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) | 蝲䗁 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Zhoutian) | 蝲䗁 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Shitang) | 蝲䗁 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou) | 蝲䗁 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Changlai) | 蝲䗁 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Beixiang) | 蝲䗁 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Huangpu) | 蝲䗁 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) | 蠄蟧 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Sanxi) | 香絲老網 |
| Note | QJ - between ancient Qin and Jin ZW - in the vicinity of ancient Zhao and Wei NY - between Northern Yan, Korea and Lieshui Q - ancient Qi | QJ - between ancient Qin and Jin ZW - in the vicinity of ancient Zhao and Wei NY - between Northern Yan, Korea and Lieshui Q - ancient Qi |

#### Derived terms

* 棚蜘蛛
* 水蜘蛛 (shuǐzhīzhū)
* 海蜘蛛 (hǎizhīzhū)
* 草蜘蛛
* 蜘蛛恐懼症 / 蜘蛛恐惧症 (zhīzhū kǒngjùzhèng, “arachnophobia”)
* 蜘蛛抱蛋
* 蜘蛛網 / 蜘蛛网 (zhīzhūwǎng)
* 蜘蛛綱 / 蜘蛛纲
* 蜘蛛蒙子
* 蜘蛛蟹 (zhīzhūxiè)
* 蜘蛛鞔
* 蜘蛛章 (“The Spider, the twenty-ninth sura of the Qur'an”)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 蜘(ち)蛛(ちゅう) (chichū); 蜘(ち)蛛(しゅ) (chishu); 蜘(ち)蛛(ちゅ) (chichu)
* → Korean: 지주(蜘蛛) (jiju)
* → Vietnamese: tri thù (蜘蛛)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 蜘 | 蛛 |
| くも ||
| Hyōgai | Hyōgai |
| jukujikun ||
From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed in 759 CE.
Ultimate derivation unknown. Various theories exist, including:
* from 籠もる (komoru, “to hide inside something”), from the way that spiders hide in their webs
* from 組む (kumu, “to bundle something together”), from the way that spiders wrap up caught insects
* from 雲 (kumo, “cloud”), from the way that spider webs may look vaguely like clouds
* from reconstructed Proto-Japonic *konpo, *konbo (“spider”); possibly cognate with Kagoshima こっ koʔ (< kobu) "spider"; Tanegashima こぶ kobu "large spider"; Amami (Setouchi) こぶ kobu; Okinawan くーばー kuuba; Yonaguni くぶ kubu "spider", etc. If true, then 蜘蛛 (kumo, “spider”) would be unrelated to 雲 (kumo, “cloud”), whose proto-form was likely *kumo, as suggested by Okinawan くむ kumu, Yonaguni んむ nmu, Kunigami and Yoron ふむ fumu.
May ultimately be cognate with Korean 거미 (geomi, “spider”). The kanji are an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 蜘蛛 (zhīzhū).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) くも [kúꜜmò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [kɯ̟mo̞]

#### Noun

蜘蛛(くも) or 蜘蛛(クモ) • (kumo)
* spider
** c. 918, 深根輔仁 [Fukane Sukehito], 本草和名 [Japanese Names of Herbs, Honzō Wamyō]:蜘蛛 楊玄操、知誅二音　一名䖦𬠴$_{仁諝、拙牟二音}$ 一名絡新婦$_{赤班者}$　一名蠨蛸$_{仁諝、上音蕭、所交反、下本條}$　𧋌$_{音秋}$ 一名蝳蜍$_{毒途二音}$ 一名社公 一名張公網　一名蝃蝥$_{拙牟二音、已上五名、出兼名苑}$　一名長蝥$_{身小足長、出古今注}$　和名久毛(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 芥川龍之介, 蜘蛛の糸
    御(お)釈(しゃ)迦(か)様(さま)は地(じ)獄(ごく)の容(よう)子(す)を御(ご)覧(らん)になりながら、この犍(かん)陀(だ)多(た)には蜘蛛(クモ)を助(たす)けた事(こと)があるのを御(お)思(おも)い出(だ)しになりました。
       O-shaka-sama wa jigoku no yōsu o goran ni narinagara, kono Kandata ni wa kumo o tasuketa koto ga aru no o o-omoidashi ni narimashita.
       While observing the state of Hell, Shakyamuni recalled that this Kandata had once spared a spider.
** 1999 March 27, “蜘蛛(クモ)男(おとこ) [Werespider]”, in Vol.2, Konami:
    巨(きょ)大(だい)クモが知(ち)恵(え)をつけた姿(すがた)。糸(いと)を吐(は)き動(うご)きを封(ふう)じ込(こ)める。
       Kyodai kumo ga chie o tsuketa sugata. Ito o haki ugoki o fūjikomeru.
       This giant spider appears to be quite intelligent. It will lock your every movement with its threads.
** 1999 July 22, “ハンター・スパイダー [Hunter Spider]”, in Vol.4, Konami:
    クモの巣(す)の罠(わな)を仕(し)掛(か)け狩(か)りをする。罠(わな)にかかったものは食(た)べてしまう。
       Kumo no su no wana o shikakekari o suru. Wana ni kakatta mono wa tabete shimau.
       It hunts by laying its spiderweb traps, and it eats whatever gets tangled in them.

##### Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as クモ.

##### Derived terms

* 朝蜘蛛(あさぐも) (asagumo)
* 足高蜘蛛(あしだかぐも) (ashidakagumo): huntsman spider
* 足長蜘蛛(あしながぐも) (ashinagagumo): Tetragnatha praedonia
* 穴蜘蛛(あなぐも) (anagumo)
* 蟻蜘蛛(ありぐも) (arigumo)
* 海蜘蛛(うみぐも) (umigumo): sea spider
* 鬼蜘蛛(おにぐも) (onigumo): Araneus ventricosus
* 川蜘蛛(かわぐも) (kawagumo)
* 草蜘蛛(くさぐも) (kusagumo)
* 蜘蛛形類(くもがたるい) (kumogatarui)
* 蜘蛛蟹(くもがに) (kumogani): spider crab
* 蜘蛛切丸(くもきりまる) (kumokirimaru)
* 蜘蛛猿(くもざる) (kumozaru): spider monkey
* 蜘蛛手(くもで) (kumode)
* 蜘蛛(くも)の囲(い) (kumo no i): spiderweb
* 蜘蛛(くも)の糸(いと) (kumo no ito)
* 蜘蛛(くも)の行(おこな)い (kumo no okonai)
* 蜘蛛(くも)の子(こ) (kumo no ko): baby spider
* 蜘蛛(くも)の巣(す) (kumo no su): spiderweb
* 蜘蛛海星(くもひとで) (kumohitode): brittlestar
* 蜘蛛舞(くもまい) (kumomai)
* 蜘蛛膜(くもまく) (kumomaku): the arachnoid
* 蜘蛛目(くももく) (kumomoku)
* 黄金蜘蛛(こがねぐも) (koganegumo): Argiope amoena
* 後家蜘蛛(ごけぐも) (gokegumo): widow spider
* 小町蜘蛛(こまちぐも) (komachigumo)
* 子守蜘蛛(こもりぐも) (komorigumo): wolf spider
* 下(さ)がり蜘蛛(ぐも) (sagarigumo)
* 笹蜘蛛(ささぐも) (sasagumo): Oxyopes sertatus
* 三番叟蜘蛛(さんばそうぐも) (sanbasōgumo)
* 地蜘蛛(じぐも) (jigumo): Atypus karschi
* 女郎蜘蛛(じょろうぐも) (jorōgumo): joro spider
* 真正蜘蛛目(しんせいくももく) (shinseikumomoku)
* 棚蜘蛛(たなぐも) (tanagumo)
* 土蜘蛛(つちぐも) (tsuchigumo) Atypus karschi; tsuchigumo
* 毒蜘蛛(どくぐも) (dokugumo): poisonous spider; (obsolete) wolf spider
* 戸閉蜘蛛(とたてぐも) (totategumo)
* 鳥食蜘蛛(とりくいぐも) (torikuigumo): tarantula
* 鳥捕蜘蛛(とりとりぐも) (toritorigumo): tarantula
* 蝿取蜘蛛(はえとりぐも) (haetorigumo): jumping spider
* 花蜘蛛(はなぐも) (hanagumo)
* 平蜘蛛(ひらぐも) (hiragumo): Uroctea compactilis
* 平蜘蛛(ひらたぐも) (hiratagumo), 扁蜘蛛(ひらたぐも) (hiratagumo): Uroctea compactilis
* 袋蜘蛛(ふくろぐも) (fukurogumo): sac spider; Atypus karschi
* 水蜘蛛(みずぐも) (mizugumo): water spider
* 盲蜘蛛(めくらぐも) (mekuragumo): harvestman
* 幽霊蜘蛛(ゆうれいぐも) (yūreigumo): daddy longlegs spider

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 蜘 | 蛛 |
| Hyōgai | Hyōgai |

#### Noun

蜘蛛(こっ) • (ko')
* (dialect, Kagoshima) spider

### Etymology 3

Kanji in this term :
| 蜘 | 蛛 |
| Hyōgai | Hyōgai |

#### Noun

蜘蛛(こぶ) • (kobu)
* (dialect, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Saga) spider
* (dialect, Tanegashima) large spider

### Etymology 4

Kanji in this term :
| 蜘 | 蛛 |
| ち Hyōgai | ちゅう Hyōgai |
| on'yomi ||
From Middle Chinese 蜘蛛 (ʈiᴇ ʈɨo). Compare modern Hakka reading tî-tû, Eastern Min tĭ-tṳ̆, Min Nan ti-tu. Probably borrowed at a different time or from a different dialect than chichu below.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡ɕit͡ɕɨː]

#### Noun

蜘(ち)蛛(ちゅう) • (chichū)
* spider

##### Derived terms

* 蜘蛛(ちちゅう)の網(あみ) (chichū no ami): spiderweb

### Etymology 5

Kanji in this term :
| 蜘 | 蛛 |
| ち Hyōgai | ちゅ Hyōgai |
| on'yomi ||
From Middle Chinese 蜘蛛 (ʈiᴇ ʈɨo). Compare modern Hakka reading tî-tû, Eastern Min tĭ-tṳ̆, Min Nan ti-tu. Probably borrowed at a different time or from a different dialect than chichū above.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ちちゅ [chìchú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [t͡ɕit͡ɕɨ]

#### Noun

蜘(ち)蛛(ちゅ) • (chichu)
* spider

### Etymology 6

Kanji in this term :
| 蜘 | 蛛 |
| ち Hyōgai | しゅ Hyōgai |
| on'yomi ||
From Middle Chinese 蜘蛛 (ʈiᴇ ʈɨo). This reading is the kan'yōyomi, and is thus a later phonetic shift after borrowing, read as 知朱.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ちしゅ [chíꜜshù] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [t͡ɕiɕɨ]

#### Noun

蜘(ち)蛛(しゅ) • (chishu)
* spider

##### Derived terms

* 蜘蛛膜(ちしゅまく) (chishumaku): the arachnoid

### References

* ↑ Vovin, Alexander (2021) “Names of Large Exotic Animals and the Urheimat of Japonic”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics, number 3, pages 105-120
* ↑ 蜘蛛's regional variants in JLect
* ↑ 雲's regional variants in JLect
* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* Fukane no Sukehito (c. 901–923) Maruyama Yumiko, Wu Qian, editors, Honzō Wamyō: Eiin, Honkoku to Kenkyū) (in Japanese), Kyūko Shoin, published 2021, →ISBN.
* “こっ【蜘蛛】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
* “こぶ【蜘蛛】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
* “こぶ【蜘蛛】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 蜘 | 蛛 |

### Noun

蜘蛛 • (jiju) (hangeul 지주)
* hanja form of 지주 (“spider”)

## Okinawan

Kanji in this term :
| 蜘 | 蛛 |
| Hyōgai | Hyōgai |

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kuːbaː]

### Noun

蜘蛛(くーばー) (kūbā)
* spider

### References

* “くーばー【蜘蛛】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

## Southern Amami Ōshima

Kanji in this term :
| 蜘 | 蛛 |
| Hyōgai | Hyōgai |

### Noun

蜘蛛(こぶ) (kobu)
* spider

### References

* “こぶ【蜘蛛】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 蜘 | 蛛 |

### Noun

蜘蛛
* chữ Hán form of tri thù (“arachnid”).

## Yonaguni

Kanji in this term :
| 蜘 | 蛛 |
| Hyōgai | Hyōgai |

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kubu/

### Noun

蜘蛛(くぶ) (kubu)
* spider

### References

* “くぶ【蜘蛛】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.