蜘
spider
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
20 of 49- 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)
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.