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leech

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Insects
zhì
シツ、チツ
ひる
질
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 至 represents the sound.
Components
虫 insects+ 至 until =
蛭 leech
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
至 Phonetic component
zhì until
reach, arrive
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Notes
Similar Characters
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)虰 less common word虱 bug (simp)虹 rainbow虺 large poisonous snake虻 horsefly虼 a flea虽 even (simp)虾 prawn (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蛭
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蛭 [zhì]
fluke; leech; hirudinea
Japanese
蛭 ひる 、 ヒル 同音
noun usually kana leech
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
蛭 ひる
Hiru surname
CHINESE WORDS (4)
水蛭 [shuǐ​zhì] #13,373
leech
蛭石 [zhì​shí] #55,097
vermiculite
水蛭素 [shuǐ​zhì​sù]
hirudin
笄蛭 [jī​zhì]
a kind of earthworm
JAPANESE WORDS (17)
⭐ 恵比寿 [えびす] #47,463
Ebisu
夷 [い] #75,303
barbarian
山蛭 [やまびる] #127,312
land leech (Haemadipsa zeylanica japonica)
紅樹 [こうじゅ] #224,359
mangrove (esp. the black mangrove, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza)
蛭木 [ひるぎ] #313,066
mangrove (of family Rhizophoraceae)
蛭石 [ひるいし]
vermiculite
八重山蛭木 [やえやまひるぎ]
Rhizophora mucronata (species of mangrove)
医用蛭 [いようびる]
Hirudo nipponia (species of blood-sucking leech)
沼蛭 [ぬまびる]
Helobdella stagnalis (species of leech)
肝蛭 [かんてつ]
sheep liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica)
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