クモ

also: ちちゅ · ちちゅう · ちしゅ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

usually written using kana alone

Common word for spider; usually written in kana (クモ or くも) rather than kanji.

〈場所ばしょ〉〉に蜘蛛くもが巣すを張はるfor a spider to spin a web (somewhere)
軒のき下したに蜘蛛くもが巣すを張はっていた。
A spider had spun its web under the eaves.
蜘蛛くもに刺さされるto be bitten/stung by a spider
庭にわで作さ業ぎょう中ちゅうに蜘蛛くもに刺さされた。
I got bitten by a spider while working in the garden.
蜘蛛くもが這はうfor a spider to crawl
壁かべを蜘蛛くもが這はっているのを見みつけた。
I noticed a spider crawling on the wall.

匹ひきN3
蜘蛛 is counted with 匹, the standard counter for small creatures like insects and spiders.

女じょ郎ろう蜘蛛ぐも
Jorō spider; Trichonephila clavata · spider yōkai; Jorōgumo
つちぐも
Atypus karschi (a type of trapdoor spider) · tsuchigumo (ancient non-Yamato people)
ハエトリグモ
jumping spider
アシダカグモ
huntsman spider
ジグモ
Atypus karschi (Asian purseweb spider)

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クモUsage35%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is very common for this word, especially in biological or general contexts.
蜘蛛Usage64%
- くも
  gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun
  Kanji form; usually written in kana.
- ちしゅ
  out-dated reading
- ちちゅ
  out-dated reading
- ちちゅう
  out-dated reading
くもUsage<1%
gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun
Hiragana spelling is also common and natural.
ちちゅ
out-dated reading
Obsolete reading; not used in modern Japanese.
ちちゅう
out-dated reading
Obsolete reading; not used in modern Japanese.
ちしゅ
out-dated reading
Obsolete reading; not used in modern Japanese.

The origin is uncertain; the kanji 蜘蛛 are jukujikun (special kanji reading) for くも.