The Chinese word "蜘蛛" (spider) is formed by combining two characters, both featuring the "虫" radical, which denotes insects or small creatures, aligning with the arachnid category. Each character incorporates a phonetic component: "知" in "蜘" suggests the "zhī" sound, and "朱" in "蛛" indicates the "zhū" sound, together creating a disyllabic term where the shared radical reinforces the meaning and the phonetic elements guide pronunciation, resulting in a cohesive representation of the spider.