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蚕

See also: 蠶
蚕 U+8695, 蚕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8695
← 蚔
[U+8694]		CJK Unified Ideographs蚖 →
[U+8696]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

蚕 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹大中一戈 (HKLMI) or 一大中一戈 (MKLMI), four-corner 20136, composition ⿱天虫)

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1077, character 38
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32869
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 31
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2837, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+8695

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Characters in the same phonetic series (天) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
添*tʰiːm
忝*l̥ʰiːmʔ, *l̥ʰiːms
悿*tʰiːmʔ
舔*l̥ʰiːmʔ
菾*diːm
天*qʰl'iːn
吞*qʰl'iːn, *qʰl'ɯːn
祆*qʰliːn
蚕*zluːm, *hl'iːnʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zluːm, *hl'iːnʔ) : phonetic 天 (OC *qʰl'iːn) + semantic 虫 (“insect”).

Etymology 1 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 蚕 – see 蠶 (“silkworm”).
(This character is the simplified form of 蠶).
Notes:

Etymology 2 edit

simp. and trad.
蚕
alternative forms𧉂

Pronunciation edit

Rime
Character蚕
Reading #1/1
Initial (聲)透 (6)
Final (韻)先 (85)
Tone (調)Rising (X)
Openness (開合)Open
Division (等)IV
Fanqie他典切
BaxterthenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		/tʰenX/
Pan
Wuyun		/tʰenX/
Shao
Rongfen		/tʰɛnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		/tʰɛnX/
Li
Rong		/tʰenX/
Wang
Li		/tʰienX/
Bernard
Karlgren		/tʰienX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		tiǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		tin2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character蚕
Reading #2/2
No.12390
Phonetic
component		天
Rime
group		眞
Rime
subdivision		1
Corresponding
MC rime		腆
Old
Chinese		/*hl'iːnʔ/
Notes見爾雅

Definitions edit

蚕

  1. Only used in 蜸蚕 (qiǎntiǎn, “earthworm”).

References edit

Japanese edit

Shinjitai

蚕

Kyūjitai

蠶

Kanji edit

蚕

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 蠶)

  1. silkworm

Readings edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
蚕
かいこ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
蠶 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 飼い (kai, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of 飼う (kau, “to raise”)) +‎ 蚕 (ko, “silkworm”).[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

蚕(かいこ) or 蚕(カイコ) • (kaiko) ←かひこ (kafiko)?

  1. the silkworm (Bombyx mori)
  2. the larva of a silkworm
  3. sericulture
  4. (slang, used by criminals) silk (of clothing)
Usage notes edit

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

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
蚕
こ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
蠶 (kyūjitai)

Some sources derive this from 子 (ko, “child”),[9] but the pitch accents do not match.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

蚕(こ) • (ko) 

  1. (obsolete) silkworm

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “かい‐こ［かひ‥］ 【蚕】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) ‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
  2. ^ “蚕”, in デジタル大辞泉‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  5. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  6. ^ 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
  7. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
  8. ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  9. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  10. ^ “こ 【蚕】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) ‎[3] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)

Korean edit

Hanja edit

蚕 • (cheon, jam) (hangeul 천, 잠, revised cheon, jam, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏn, cham, Yale chen, cam)

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