蜘 (zhī): spider (in 蜘蛛)
蜘 (zhī) is a Chinese character meaning “spider (in 蜘蛛).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 虫 (semantic) and 知 (phonetic). It ranks #2964 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 蜘 insect. Its radical form 虫 (insect) appears in many related characters such as 虫 (chóng, insect), 蛛 (zhū, spider (in 蜘蛛)), 蜂 (fēng, bee).
Definitions
- spider (in 蜘蛛)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜘蛛noun | zhī zhū | spider |
| 蜘蛛网noun | zhī zhū wǎng | cobweb |
| 红背蜘蛛noun | hóng bèi zhī zhū | redback spider |
| 蜘蛛星云 | zhī zhū xīng yún | Tarantula Nebula |
| 蜘蛛人noun | zhī zhū rén | (coll.) rope access technician |
| 蜘蛛类 | zhī zhū lèi | arachnid |
| 蜘蛛侠 | zhī zhū xiá | Spider-Man, comic book superhero |
| 蜘蛛痣noun | zhī zhū zhì | arterial spider |
| 盲蜘蛛 | máng zhī zhū | harvestman (arachnid of the order Opiliones) |
蜘 appears in 9 compound words: 78 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 22 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 蜘 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
清晨的露水挂在蜘蛛网上，像一串串闪亮的珍珠。
Qīngchén de lùshuǐ guà zài zhīzhū wǎng shàng, xiàng yī chuàn chuàn shǎnliàng de zhēnzhū.
Morning dew hangs on the spider web like strings of shining pearls.
这些管线像蜘蛛网一样趴在墙上，再好的橱柜也白瞎。
zhè xiē guǎn xiàn xiàng zhī zhū wǎng yī yàng pā zài qiáng shàng , zài hǎo de chú guì yě bái xiā .
These pipes crawl across the walls like a spiderweb, ruining even the nicest cabinets.
进口影片方面 《蜘蛛侠：崭新之日》目前位列暑期档票房榜第三位。
jìn kǒu yǐng piàn fāng miàn zhī zhū xiá : zhǎn xīn zhī rì mù qián wèi liè shǔ qī dàng piào fáng bǎng dì sān wèi .
As for imported films, *Spider-Man: A New Day* currently ranks third on the summer box office chart.
...lopark AMK 变形金刚 G1 红蜘蛛
. . . l o p a r k A M K biàn xíng jīn gāng G 1 hóng zhī zhū
...lopark AMK Transformers G1 Red Spider
千黛亚和蜘蛛人大聊假老公 喊:很不一样
qiān 黛 yà hé zhī zhū rén dà liáo jiǎ lǎo gōng hǎn : hěn bù yī yàng
Qian Daiya and Spider-Man chat about fake husbands, exclaiming, "It's very different."
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 虫 (insect) component
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