侏儒

Possibly cognate with 蜘蛛 (OC *te to, “spider”), per the dialectal dictionary Fangyan (1st century CE):

鼅鼄，鼄蝥也。自關而西，秦晉之間謂之鼄蝥。自關而東，趙魏之郊謂之鼅鼄，或謂之蠾蝓，蠾蝓者侏儒語之轉也。北燕朝鮮洌水之間，謂之蝳蜍。 [Classical Chinese, trad.][▼ expand/hide]

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鼅鼄，鼄蝥也。自关而西，秦晋之间谓之鼄蝥。自关而东，赵魏之郊谓之鼅鼄，或谓之蠾蝓，蠾蝓者侏儒语之转也。北燕朝鲜洌水之间，谓之蝳蜍。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Yang Xiong, Fangyan, circa 1^st century BCE

Zhīzhū, zhūmáo yě. Zì Guān ér xī, Qín Jìn zhījiān wèi zhī zhūmáo. Zì Guān ér dōng, Zhào Wèi zhī jiāo wèi zhī zhīzhū, huò wèi zhī zhúyú, zhúyú zhě zhūrú yǔ zhī zhuǎn yě. Běiyàn Cháoxiān Lièshuǐ zhījiān, wèi zhī dúchú. [Pinyin]

“Te to”, spider; also called “to mo”. To the west of Hangu Pass, in the Qin and Jin regions, it is called “to mo”. To the east of the Pass, in the Zhao and Wei regions, it is called “te to”, or “to lo”. The latter is an alternation of the word “to no” (“dwarf”). In the Northern Yan, Korea, and Lie River regions, it is called “to la”.

Compare the derivation of English midget from midge.

侏儒

1. dwarf; pygmy; midget

   • 瘖、聾、跛、躃、斷者、侏儒、百工，各以其器食之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     瘖、聋、跛、躃、断者、侏儒、百工，各以其器食之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

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

     Yīn, lóng, bǒ, bì, duàn zhě, zhūrú, bǎi gōng, gè yǐ qí qì shí zhī. [Pinyin]

     The dumb, the deaf, the lame, such as had lost a member, pygmies, and mechanics, were all fed according to what work they were able to do.

2. (literary) minor; child
3. (literary, historical) dwarf who acts as an entertainer or musician for the officials
4. (literary, figuratively) one who caters to the officials and is in their favour
5. (literary, obsolete) (alt. form 株檽) short column on the beam
6. (literary, obsolete) spider

侏儒

1. (literary) dwarfish; short in stature
2. (literary) short in stature (due to young age); little

侏儒

1. (literary, figuratively) to be discontented with unfair treatment

侏儒

1. (～街道) Zhuru (a subdistrict of Caidian, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

侏儒 (hiragana しゅじゅ, rōmaji shuju)

1. dwarf

侏儒 • (juyu) (hangeul 주유)

1. Hanja form^? of 주유 (“dwarf”).