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zhū

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zhū
  1. 1.(bound form) spider

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.used in 蜘蛛 (zhīzhū, “spider”); also used as its short form

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *to): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 朱 (OC *tjo). Originally a pictogram (象形) of a spider. Later, 朱 was added to the pictograph to indicate sound. In small seal script, the character became written as the characters 鼄/𬹣 and 蛛.

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