Chinese symbol for “spider”
蜘蛛
zhī zhū
spider
The closest CC-CEDICT match for spider is 蜘蛛 (zhī zhū), defined as: spider.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “spider”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蜘蛛.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 红蜘蛛 (紅蜘蛛) | hóng zhī zhū | spider mite |
| 蜘蛛人 | zhī zhū rén | (coll.) rope access technician; industrial climber; (esp.) high-rise window washer |
| 蜘蛛网 (蜘蛛網) | zhī zhū wǎng | cobweb; spider web |
| 盲蜘蛛 | máng zhī zhū | harvestman (arachnid of the order Opiliones) |
| 红背蜘蛛 (紅背蜘蛛) | hóng bèi zhī zhū | redback spider |
| 蛛丝马迹 (蛛絲馬跡) | zhū sī mǎ jì | lit. spider's thread and horse track; tiny hints (of a secret) |
| 蛛网 (蛛網) | zhū wǎng | spider web; cobweb |
See also: Japanese symbol for “spider”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.