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Kotomora

蜘

spider

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Readings

On'yomi

  • チ

Kun'yomi

  • くも

Meaning

蜘 centers on the spider, an eight-legged insect-like creature known for spinning webs.

Most common words using 蜘

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  • 蜘蛛くも
    N1

    spider

  • 蜘蛛の巣くものす

    spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb

  • 女郎蜘蛛じょろうぐも

    jorō spider (Trichonephila clavata)

  • 土蜘蛛つちぐも

    Atypus karschi (Asian species of mygalomorph spider)

  • 足高蜘蛛あしだかぐも

    huntsman spider (Heteropoda venatoria)

  • 背赤後家蜘蛛せあかごけぐも

    redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti)

  • 一角蜘蛛蟹いっかくくもがに

    fire crab (Pyromaia tuberculata)

  • 地蜘蛛じぐも

    Atypus karschi (Asian species of mygalomorph spider)

  • 大土蜘蛛おおつちぐも

    tarantula (any spider of family Theraphosidae)

  • 大女郎蜘蛛おおじょろうぐも

    golden web spider (Nephila pilipes)

  • 大姫蜘蛛おおひめぐも

    common house spider (Achaearanea tepidariorum)

  • 姫蜘蛛ひめぐも

    Parasteatoda japonica (species of tangle-web spider)

  • 子守蜘蛛こもりぐも

    wolf spider (any spider of family Lycosidae)

  • 居候蜘蛛いそうろうぐも

    dewdrop spider (any spider of genus Argyrodes)

  • 平蜘蛛ひらたぐも

    Uroctea compactilis (species of araneomorph spider)

  • 平蜘蛛のようひらぐものよう

    prostrating oneself

  • 幽霊蜘蛛ゆうれいぐも

    pholcid spider (any spider of family Pholcidae, esp. species Pholcus crypticolens)

  • 後家蜘蛛ごけぐも

    widow spider (of genus Latrodectus)

  • 戸閉蜘蛛とたてぐも

    trapdoor spider (any spider of family Ctenizidae); folding trapdoor spider (any spider of family Antrodiaetidae)

  • 斑蜘蛛まだらぐも

    Nephila clavata (Oriental species of golden orb-weaving spider)

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Study

Etymology

蜘 combines 虫 (insect) with 知, which likely contributes the sound チ and may have originally referred to a spider-like creature. The exact historical development is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side 虫 means insect, and the right side 知 looks like a web with a spider in the center. Together they form 蜘, a spider.

Reading mnemonic

For チ, imagine a spider sipping tea: tea -> チ, and the spider holds a tiny teacup in its web.