蛭
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Translingual
Han character
蛭 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一戈土 (LIMIG), four-corner 51114, composition ⿰虫至)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1083, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33048
- Dae Jaweon: page 1550, character 31
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2848, character 14
- Unihan data for U+86ED
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
蛭 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 𧓳 ⿰虫貭 𧌼 | |
Glyph origin
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 致 | *tiɡs |
| 輊 | *tiɡs |
| 駤 | *tiɡs |
| 跮 | *tʰiɡs, *tʰiɡ |
| 荎 | *di, *diːɡ |
| 緻 | *diɡs |
| 至 | *tjiɡs |
| 鵄 | *tʰji |
| 胵 | *tʰji |
| 痓 | *tʰjiɡs |
| 咥 | *hriɡs, *tiːɡ, *diːɡ, *tʰiɡ |
| 窒 | *tiːɡ, *tiɡ |
| 蛭 | *tiːɡ, *tiɡ, *tjiɡ |
| 垤 | *diːɡ |
| 耋 | *diːɡ |
| 姪 | *diːɡ, *diɡ |
| 絰 | *diːɡ |
| 恎 | *diːɡ |
| 挃 | *tiɡ |
| 庢 | *tiɡ |
| 銍 | *tiɡ, *tjiɡ |
| 秷 | *tiɡ |
| 螲 | *tiɡ |
| 侄 | *diɡ, *tjiɡ |
| 桎 | *tjiɡ |
| 郅 | *tjiɡ |
| 晊 | *tjiɡ |
| 室 | *hliɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tiːɡ, *tiɡ, *tjiɡ) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 至 (OC *tjiɡs)
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-liːt (“leech (water-, horse-)”) (STEDT).
Pronunciation
Definitions
蛭
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
蛭
Readings
- Go-on: しち (shichi); てち (techi)
- Kan-on: しつ (shitsu); ちつ (chitsu); てつ (tetsu)
- Kun: ひる (hiru, 蛭); えび (ebi, 蛭)
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 蛭 |
| ひる Hyōgaiji |
| kun’yomi |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
- a leech
References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
蛭 • (jil) (hangeul 질, revised jil, McCune–Reischauer chil, Yale cil)
Compounds
- 馬蛭 (마질, majil) (literally and practically) horse-leech
See also
Okinawan
Kanji
蛭
Readings
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 蛭 |
| びーる Hyōgaiji |
| kun’yomi |
Cognate with Japanese 蛭 (hiru).
Noun
蛭 (bīru)
Vietnamese
Han character
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Readings
- Nôm: chất, chấy, chí, điệt
References
- Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
- Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
- Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999