蛛 (zhū): spider (in 蜘蛛)
蛛 (zhū) 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 朱 (phonetic). It ranks #2965 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 蛛 insect. Its radical form 虫 (insect) appears in many related characters such as 虫 (chóng, insect), 蜘 (zhī, 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 |
| 蛛丝马迹phrase | zhū sī mǎ jì | lit. spider's thread and horse track |
| 蜘蛛网noun | zhī zhū wǎng | cobweb |
| 蛛网noun | zhū wǎng | spider web |
| 蛛蛛noun | zhū zhu | (coll.) spider |
| 长嘴捕蛛鸟noun | cháng zuǐ bǔ zhū niǎo | (bird species of China) little spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra) |
| 纹背捕蛛鸟 | wén bèi bǔ zhū niǎo | (bird species of China) streaked spiderhunter (Arachnothera magna) |
| 红背蜘蛛noun | hóng bèi zhī zhū | redback spider |
| 捕鸟蛛noun | bǔ niǎo zhū | tarantula |
| 蜘蛛星云 | zhī zhū xīng yún | Tarantula Nebula |
| 蛛形纲 | zhū xíng gāng | Arachnids (class of arthropods) |
| 跳蛛 | tiào zhū | jumping spider |
| 蜘蛛人noun | zhī zhū rén | (coll.) rope access technician |
| 蜘蛛类 | zhī zhū lèi | arachnid |
| 鼠蛛 | shǔ zhū | mouse spider (genus Missulena) |
蛛 appears in 20 compound words: 20 as the first character, 40 as the last, and 40 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 蛛 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
蛛丝虽然很细，但强度却比同样粗细的钢丝还大。
Zhū sī suīrán hěn xì, dàn qiángdù què bǐ tóngyàng cūxì de gāngsī hái dà.
Although spider silk is very thin, its strength is greater than steel wire of the same thickness.
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 wall like a spiderweb—no matter how nice the cabinets are, they’re a waste.
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.
...opark AMK 变形金刚 G1 红蜘蛛
. . . o p a r k A M K biàn xíng jīn gāng G 1 hóng zhī zhū
...opark 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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