蟋蟀

A reduplicative Old Chinese compound of the shape /*srit srut/.

Some similar words can be found in neighbouring languages:

• Sino-Tibetan: Starostin sets up Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rĭt ~ rŭt (“cricket”), to include this Chinese word, Burmese ပုရစ် (pu.rac, “cricket”), and Jingpho kǝrot (“a species of cricket”).
• Mon-Khmer: Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *[t₁/c]riit (“cricket; to chirr”), whence Khmer ចង្រិត (cɑngrət, “cricket”) and Thai จิ้งหรีด (jîng-rìit) (Manomaivibool, 1975).

Compare: 窸窣 (OC *sid suːd, “onomatopoeia of chirping or rustling”).

蟋蟀

1. cricket (insect)

   • 九月在戶，十月蟋蟀入我牀下。穹窒熏鼠，塞向墐戶。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     九月在户，十月蟋蟀入我牀下。穹窒熏鼠，塞向墐户。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Jiǔyuè zài hù, shíyuè xīshuài rù wǒ chuáng xià. Qióng zhì xūn shǔ, sài xiàng jìn hù. [Pinyin]

     In the ninth month, about the doors;
     In the tenth month, the cricket enters under our beds.
     Chinks are filled up, and rats are smoked out.
     The windows that face [the north] are stopped up;

   • 溫風始至，蟋蟀居壁，鷹乃學習，腐草為螢。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     温风始至，蟋蟀居壁，鹰乃学习，腐草为萤。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Wēn fēng shǐ zhì, xīshuài jū bì, yīng nǎi xuéxí, fǔcǎo wéi yíng. [Pinyin]

     Gentle winds begin to blow.
     The cricket takes its place in the walls.
     (Young) hawks learn to practise (the ways of their parents).
     Decaying grass becomes fire-flies.

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 蟋蟀 (xīshuài) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• 蛼

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) こ​おろぎ [kóꜜòrògì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɾo̞ɡʲi]

蟋蟀(こおろぎ) • (kōrogi) ^{←こほろぎ (koforogi)?}

1. a cricket (insect)

• クリケット (kuriketto)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) しっしゅつ [shìsshútsú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɕːɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

蟋(しっ)蟀(しゅつ) • (shisshutsu) ^{←しつしゆつ (situsyutu)?}

1. a cricket (insect)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

蟋(しっ)蟀(しつ) • (shisshitsu) ^{←しつしつ (situsitu)?}

1. a cricket (insect)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

蟋蟀(させ) • (sase) 

1. (archaic) a cricket (insect)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

蟋蟀(きりぎりす) • (kirigirisu) 

1. Alternative spelling of 螽斯 (“Japanese katydid”)

蟋蟀 • (silsol) (hangeul 실솔)

1. (archaic) Hanja form^? of 실솔 (“cricket”).