虱

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See also: 風 and 蝨
虱 U+8671, 虱
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Translingual

Han character

虱 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓竹中戈 (NHLI), four-corner 17110, composition ⿹⺄䖝)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1076, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32812
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1545, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2834, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8671

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 虱 – see 蝨 (“louse; parasite”).
(This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 蝨).
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Japanese

Alternative forms

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Kanji in this term
虱
しらみ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Kanji

虱

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. louse

Readings

  • Go-on: しち (shichi)
  • Kan-on: しつ (shitsu)
  • Kun: しらみ (shirami, 虱)

Compounds

Etymology

First attested in the Shinsen Jikyō (c. 900 CE).

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *sirami. Compound of 白 (shira, “white”, combining form) and an uncertain mi. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

虱(しらみ) or 虱(シラミ) • (shirami) 

  1. a sucking louse, especially the head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis)
    Synonym: 半風子 (hanpūshi)

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 シラミ.

Derived terms

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Proverbs

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See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

虱 • (seul) (hangeul 슬, revised seul, McCune–Reischauer sŭl, Yale sul)

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