蚯蚓

Chinese

earthworm
simp. and trad.
(蚯蚓)
2nd round simp. 丘引
alternative forms 蚯螾
丘蚓
丘螾
邱蚓
邱螾

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “what does 蚯 mean?”)

Pronunciation


Note:
  • gao6 ung2 - vernacular;
  • kiu1 ing2 - literary.
  • Wu
    • (Shanghainese)
      • Wiktionary: 1qieu-hhin
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰiɜ⁵⁵ ɦɪɲ²¹/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (29) (36)
Final () (136) (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɨu/ /jiɪnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰiu/ /jinX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰiəu/ /jenX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰuw/ /jinX/
Li
Rong
/kʰiu/ /iĕnX/
Wang
Li
/kʰĭəu/ /jĭĕnX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰi̯ə̯u/ /i̯ĕnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiū yǐn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jau1 jan5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qiū yǐn
Middle
Chinese
‹ khjuw › ‹ yinX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ʷʰə/ /*[ɢ](r)ə[r]ʔ/
English 蚯蚓 khjuw.yinX earth-worm earth-worm (khjuw.yinX)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 10525 15307
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰʷɯ/ /*linʔ/
Notes

Noun

蚯蚓

  1. earthworm (Classifier: )

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 海蚯蚓
  • 蚯蚓瘴
  • 蚯蚓竅蚯蚓窍

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蚯蚓):
  • Japanese: (きゅう)(いん) (kyūin)
  • Korean: 구인(蚯蚓) (gu'in)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
みみず
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
jukujikun
Kanji in this term
めめず
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

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

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) めず [mèmézú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [me̞me̞zɨᵝ]

Noun

蚯蚓(みみず) (mimizu)  (counter ) (alternative reading hiragana めめず, rōmaji memezu)

  1. an earthworm (worm (animal))
    • 2005 August 9, Sorachi, Hideaki, “(だい)六十四(くん) キャラクターはシルエットだけで(どく)(しゃ)()()けがつくように()()けよう [Lesson 64: Characters Should Be Drawn So That Readers Can Make Them Out with just the Silhouettes]”, in (ぎん)(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 8 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      どっかでミミズ(しょう)便(べん)でも ひっかけてきたんじゃないかィ?()れるっていうよね
      Dokka de mimizu ni shōben demo hikkaketekitan ja nai ki? Harerutte iu yo ne
      Did you piss on a worm somewhere? You said swollen right?
      (なに)()っちゃってんの (めい)(しん)だろそんな…
      Nani itchatten no Meishin daro sonna…
      What you talkin’ about? That’s just a superstition…
Usage notes
  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ミミズ.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
きゅう
Hyōgaiji
いん
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 蚯蚓 (khjuw yinX). Compare modern Mandarin 蚯蚓 (qiūyǐn).

Pronunciation

Noun

(きゅう)(いん) (kyūin) きういん (kiuin)?

  1. an earthworm (worm (animal))

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

蚯蚓 (gu'in) (hangeul 구인)

  1. Hanja form? of 구인 (earthworm).
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