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虱
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bug

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Insects
shī
シツ
しらみ
슬
Components
乙 second+ 虫 insects =
虱 bug
乙 Phonetic component
yǐ second
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虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
insect
Notes
Similar Characters
乶 Korean place name Pholha氹 ditch (alt)乾 dry (trad/jp)亿 hundred million (simp)忆 reflect (simp)穵 deep hollow艺 art (simp)钇 yttrium (simp)蛊 harm (simp)蜀 short name for Sichuan蟲 insects (trad)烛 taper (simp)融 melt独 alone (jp)触 touch (jp)浊 filthy (simp)繭 cocoon (trad/jp)茧 callus (simp)萤 glow-worm (simp)虮 louse (simp)
Chinese
虱 [shī]
louse
Japanese
虱 、 蝨 しらみ 、 しし (old) 、 シラミ 同音
noun usually kana louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (8)
虱子 [shī​zi] #10,076
louse (Pediculus humanus)
塘虱 [táng​shī] #64,499
catfish (family Clariidae)
虱目鱼 [shī​mù​yú] #65,982
milkfish (Chanos chanos)
虱目鱼 [shī​mù​yú] #65,982
milkfish (Chanos chanos)
头虱 [tóu​shī] #66,587
head lice
虱多不痒 [shī​duō​bù​yǎng] #68,978
many fleas, but unconcerned (idiom); no point in worrying about one debt when one has so many others
壁虱 [bì​shī]
tick
扁虱 [biǎn​shī]
tick (zoology)
JAPANESE WORDS (18)
虱潰しに [しらみつぶしに] #50,836
one by one
虱 [しらみ] #56,458
louse (esp. a sucking louse)
虱潰し [しらみつぶし] #64,977
very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.)
毛じらみ [けじらみ] #254,576
crab louse (Pthirus pubis)
虱蠅 [しらみばえ] #282,202
louse fly (any fly of family Hippoboscidae)
虱だらけ [しらみだらけ] #298,950
lousy
人虱 [ひとじらみ]
Pediculus humanus (species of louse that infests humans)
床虱 [とこじらみ]
bed bug (Cimex lectularius)
木虱 [きじらみ]
psylla (any insect of family Psyllidae)
桑木虱 [くわきじらみ]
mulberry psyllid (Anomoneura mori)
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