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蠢
蠢
See also: 惷
Translingual
Han character
蠢 (radical 142 虫+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 手大日中戈 (QKALI), four-corner 50136)
References
- KangXi: page 1101, character 44
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33797
- Dae Jaweon: page 1565, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2901, character 10
- Unihan data for U+8822
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
蠢 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 蠢
|
|---|
| Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (屯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣˇ
- Wade-Giles: ch'un3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choen
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ceon2
- Yale: chéun
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen2
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰɵn³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| 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 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡ɕʰiuɪnX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡ɕʰʷinX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡ɕʰjuenX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/cʰwinX/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡ɕʰiuĕnX/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡ɕʰĭuĕnX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡ɕʰi̯uĕnX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
chǔn |
| 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/ |
Adjective
蠢
Derived terms
- 蠢材 (chǔncái)
See also
- 傻 (shǎ, “foolish”)
Japanese
Kanji
蠢
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
蠢 • (jun) (hangeul 준, revised jun, McCune-Reischauer chun, Yale cwun)
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Vietnamese
Han character
蠢 (xuẩn, xoẳn, xoáy)
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