Word Meaning 蜘蛛

くも kumo

蜘蛛 is read as くも (kumo) and means spider.

Meaning

English

spider

Reading

Kana

くも

Romaji

kumo

Writing Variants

蜘蛛ちしゅ chishu
蜘蛛ちちゅ chichu
蜘蛛ちちゅう chichuu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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蜘蛛の子

くものこ

baby spider

蜘蛛の子を散らす

くものこをちらす

to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)

蜘蛛海星

くもひとで

Ophioplocus japonicus (species of brittlestar)

蜘蛛猿

くもざる

spider monkey

蜘蛛の糸

くものいと

The Spider's Thread (1918 short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)

蜘蛛の巣黴

くものすかび

Rhizopus (saprobic fungus)

蜘蛛蘭

くもらん

Taeniophyllum glandulosum (species of orchid)

地蜘蛛

じぐも

Atypus karschi (Asian species of mygalomorph spider)

後家蜘蛛

ごけぐも

widow spider (of genus Latrodectus)

平蜘蛛

ひらぐも

Uroctea compactilis (species of araneomorph spider)

大土蜘蛛

おおつちぐも

tarantula (any spider of family Theraphosidae)

足長蜘蛛

あしながぐも

Tetragnatha praedonia (species of long-jawed orb weaver)