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

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

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): chǔn (chun³)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cun³

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): pfèn

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): chǔn
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ceon²

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): can²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): cun²
Gan (Wiktionary): cun³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhún

(Hailu, HRS): chun^ˊ

(Meixian, Guangdong): cun³
Jin (Wiktionary): cuang²
Northern Min (KCR): chě̤ng
Eastern Min (BUC): chūng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cong³ / cuong³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhún / thún / sún

(Teochew, Peng'im): cung²

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): cung²
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): cen²
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵tshen / ³tshen / ³chiun / ³tshuen / ³tsheen; ³tshoen / ¹tshen / ³tshyun / ⁵chion
- (Jinhua): ³chiun
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qyn³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chǔn
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chǔn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻun³
  - Yale: chwǔn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choen
  - Palladius: чунь (čunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: cun³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cun
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuən⁵³/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: pfèn
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /p͡fʰẽ⁵³/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: chǔn
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): chun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰuə̃¹¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ceon²
  - Yale: chéun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cên²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn³⁵/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: can²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: cun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰun⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: cun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰun²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhún
  - Hakka Romanization System: cun^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cun³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: chun^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰun²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: cun³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: cuang²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰuaŋ⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chě̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœyŋ²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chūng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuŋ³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cong³
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cheông
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cuong³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuoŋ³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhún
  - Tâi-lô: tshún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuon
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡sʰun⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡sʰun⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thún
  - Tâi-lô: thún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tuon
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /tʰun⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tʰun⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰun⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangpu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sún
  - Tâi-lô: sún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suon
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangpu): /sun⁵³/

Note:

chhún - literary;
thún - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: cung²
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshúng
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuŋ⁵²/
(Leizhou)
- Leizhou Pinyin: cung²
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰuŋ³¹/

Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: cen²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰen³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tshen
  - MiniDict: tshen^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshen
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰən³⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /t͡sʰəŋ³⁴/
- (Northern: Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Kunshan, Jiaxing, Tongxiang, Haining, Haiyan, Deqing, Xiaoshan, Zhoushan)
  - Wugniu: ³tshen
  - MiniDict: tshen^上
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /t͡sʰəŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡sʰən⁴²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sʰən⁵¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kunshan): /t͡sʰən⁵²/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡sʰən⁴³⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Tongxiang): /t͡sʰən⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Haining): /t͡sʰən⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Haiyan): /t͡sʰən³⁴³/
  - Sinological IPA (Deqing): /t͡sʰən⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiaoshan): /t͡sʰəŋ³⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /t͡sʰɐŋ³⁵/
- (Northern: Yixing)
  - Wugniu: ³chiun
  - Sinological IPA (Yixing): /t͡ɕʰyən⁵²/
- (Northern: Changzhou, Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ³tshuen
  - MiniDict: tshuen^上
  - Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /t͡sʰuəŋ⁴⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡sʰzʷen⁵³/
- (Northern: Shaoxing)
  - Wugniu: ³tsheen; ³tshoen
  - MiniDict: tshen^上; tshoeon^上
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /t͡sʰẽ³³⁵/, /t͡sʰø̃³³⁵/
- (Northern: Cixi)
  - Wugniu: ¹tshen
  - Sinological IPA (Cixi): /t͡sʰəŋ³²⁴/
- (Northern: Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ³tshyun
  - MiniDict: tshoen^上
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /t͡sʰz̩ʷøŋ³²⁵/
- (Northern: Zhoushan)
  - Wugniu: ⁵chion
  - Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /t͡ɕʰyoŋ⁴⁴/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ³chiun
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /t͡ɕʰyəŋ⁵³⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: qyn³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyn⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: tsyhwinX

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	/t͡ɕʰiuɪn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰʷin^X/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰjuen^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰwin^X/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiuĕn^X/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭuĕn^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯uĕn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chǔn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceon²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*tʰjunʔ/

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

Synonyms

(stupid):

Dialectal synonyms of 笨 (“stupid; lacking intelligence”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		笨, 愚笨, 愚蠢
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	笨
	Taiwan	笨
	Singapore	笨
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	笨
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	悶
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	笨, 蠢
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	笨, 蠢
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	笨
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	笨
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蠢, 笨
	Hong Kong	蠢, 笨
	Yangjiang	吽, 塞督, 塞
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蠢
Gan	Nanchang	笨, 蠢
Hakka	Meixian	笨
Jin	Taiyuan	笨
Northern Min	Jian'ou	笨
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	愚, 笨
Southern Min	Xiamen	笨
Southern Min	Singapore (Teochew)	白仁
Wu	Suzhou	笨
Wu	Wenzhou	呆, 笨
Xiang	Changsha	蠢
Xiang	Shuangfeng	蠢

(clumsy):

edit

呆
呆傻 (dāishǎ)
呆痴 (dāichī)
𡳞面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
𡳞鳥面 / 𡳞鸟面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
愚戇 / 愚戆 (Hokkien)
愚昧 (yúmèi)
愚笨 (yúbèn)
愚蠢 (yúchǔn)
愚鈍 / 愚钝 (yúdùn)
拙 (zhuō) (literary, or in compounds)
拙笨 (zhuōbèn)
撚樣 / 撚样 (lan² joeng^6-2) (Cantonese, vulgar)
暗昧 (ànmèi)
梢跤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
梢跤軟蹄 / 梢跤软蹄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
梢蹬 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
棒槌 (bàngchuí)
海鱟 / 海鲎 (Hokkien)
混鈍 / 混钝 (Hokkien)
痴呆
發踱 / 发踱 (⁷faq ⁸doq) (Wu)
笨 (bèn)
笨拙 (bènzhuō)
笨車車 / 笨车车 (Hokkien)
臭笨 (Hokkien)
菜瓜 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
蠢氣 / 蠢气 (qyn³ qi⁴) (Xiang)
蠢笨 (chǔnbèn)
袋屎 (Hokkien)
袋屎袋尿 (Hokkien)
跤梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
遲鈍 / 迟钝 (chídùn)
阿西 (Hokkien)
頇顢 / 顸颟 (Hokkien)
頑鈍 / 顽钝 (wándùn) (literary)
鱟 / 鲎 (Hokkien)
鳩拙 / 鸠拙 (jiūzhuó) (literary)

Compounds

勇男蠢婦 / 勇男蠢妇
寒蠢
愚蠢 (yúchǔn)
蚩蚩蠢蠢 (chīchīchǔnchǔn)
蠢人 (chǔnrén)
蠢動 / 蠢动 (chǔndòng)
蠢夯 (chǔnbèn)
蠢材 (chǔncái)
蠢東西 / 蠢东西
蠢漢 / 蠢汉
蠢物
蠢笨 (chǔnbèn)
蠢若木雞 / 蠢若木鸡
蠢蟲 / 蠢虫
蠢蠢 (chǔnchǔn)
蠢蠢欲動 / 蠢蠢欲动 (chǔnchǔnyùdòng)
蠢話 / 蠢话 (chǔnhuà)
蠢貨 / 蠢货 (chǔnhuò)
蠢陋

Japanese

Kanji

蠢

(Hyōgai kanji)

squirm, wriggle

Readings

Go-on: しゅん (shun)
Kan-on: しゅん (shun)
Kun: うごめく (ugomeku, 蠢く)、うごめかす (ugomekasu, 蠢かす)

Compounds

蠢蠢(しゅんしゅん) (shunshun)
蠢愚(しゅんぐ) (shungu)
蠢爾(しゅんじ) (shunji)
蠢動(しゅんどう) (shundō)
愚蠢(ぐしゅん) (gushun)
蠢蠢(うごうご) (ugougo)

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

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

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Trần (2004).
^ Trần (1999).
^ Nguyễn (1974).
^ Thiều Chửu (1942).
^ xoẳn-btcn.

[gdhn-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Trần (2004).

[tvctdhv-2] Trần (1999).

[hvttd-3] Nguyễn (1974).

[tchvtd-4] Thiều Chửu (1942).

[xoẳn-btcn-5] xoẳn-btcn.

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