蛛蝥

Chinese

		spider	Spanish fly; grain-eating grub
simp. and trad. (蛛蝥)		蛛	蝥
alternative forms		鼄蝥／𬹣蝥

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhūwú, zhūmáo

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄨˊ, ㄓㄨㄇㄠˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhūwú
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuwú
  - Wade–Giles: chu¹-wu²
  - Yale: jū-wú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juwu
  - Palladius: чжуу (čžuu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ u³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhūmáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄇㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhumáo
  - Wade–Giles: chu¹-mao²
  - Yale: jū-máu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jumau
  - Palladius: чжумао (čžumao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: trju mju

Rime
Character	蛛	蝥
Reading #	1/1	1/4
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	陟輸切	武夫切
Baxter	trju	mju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈɨo/	/mɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈio/	/mio/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶio/	/mio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈuə̆/	/muə̆/
Li Rong	/ȶio/	/mio/
Wang Li	/ȶĭu/	/mĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶi̯u/	/mi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhū	wú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyu¹	mou⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*to mo/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蛛
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhū
Middle Chinese	‹ trju ›
Old Chinese	/*tro/
English	*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	蛛	蝥
Reading #	1/1	3/4
No.	17564	8847
Phonetic component	朱	矛
Rime group	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	株	無
Old Chinese	/*to/	/*mo/
Notes	說文同鼄	見爾雅

Noun

蛛蝥

(obsolete) synonym of 蜘蛛 (zhīzhū, “spider”)