蠢

See also: 惷
蠢 U+8822, 蠢
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 50136, 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

simp. and trad.
蠢
alternative forms
 
惷
𧉾
𧅪
𧕹
𧕷
惷
𧉾
𧅪
𧕹
𧕷
𢧨
𢧔
𢧸
𢨎
𢧬
𢨣
𢧋
𧓟

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蠢
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *tʰjunʔ) : phonetic 春 (OC *tʰjun) + semantic 䖵 (“insects”).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • chhún - literary;
  • thún - vernacular.

    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
    /t͡ɕʰiuɪnX/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /t͡ɕʰʷinX/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /t͡ɕʰjuenX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /cʰwinX/
    Li
    Rong
    /t͡ɕʰiuĕnX/
    Wang
    Li
    /t͡ɕʰĭuĕnX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /t͡ɕʰi̯uĕnX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    chǔn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    ceon2
    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

    1. to squirm; to wriggle
    2. stupid; foolish
    3. clumsy; awkward

    Synonyms

    • (stupid):
    • (clumsy):

    Compounds

    See also

    • 傻 (shǎ, “foolish”)

    Japanese

    Kanji

    蠢

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    1. squirm, wriggle

    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

    1. chữ Hán form of xuẩn (“squirm, wiggle”).

    References

    1. Trần (2004).
    2. Trần (1999).
    3. Nguyễn (1974).
    4. Thiều Chửu (1942).
    5. xoẳn-btcn.
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