See also: 壁虱

Chinese edit

wall; rampart louse
trad. (壁蝨/壁虱) /
simp. (壁虱)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (1) (21)
Final () (127) (51)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter pek srit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pek̚/ /ʃɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/pek̚/ /ʃɪt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/pɛk̚/ /ʃiet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pɛjk̚/ /ʂit̚/
Li
Rong
/pek̚/ /ʃiĕt̚/
Wang
Li
/piek̚/ /ʃĭet̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/piek̚/ /ʂi̯æt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bi she
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bik1 sat1

Noun edit

壁蝨

  1. tick
  2. bedbug

Synonyms edit

Japanese edit

 
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壁蝨 (dani, tani): a tick.
 
壁蝨 (dani, tani): a clover mite.

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
だに
Grade: S Hyōgaiji
jukujikun
Alternative spellings


/tani//dani/

From Old Japanese. Shift from earlier reading tani.[1][2] This reading persists in some modern dialects.

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 壁蝨壁虱 (bìshī). The characters literally mean (wall) + (louse), as an indication that ticks and mites may be found on walls.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

壁蝨(だに) or 壁蝨(ダニ) (dani

  1. a tick, a mite: any of various small parasitic arachnids of subclass Acari
  2. (derogatory, figurative) a parasite, a layabout, a moocher: someone who lives off other people
Usage notes edit

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ダニ.

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
たに
Grade: S Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

The ancient form of dani above.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

壁蝨(たに) (tani

  1. (obsolete) a tick, a mite: any of various small parasitic arachnids of subclass Acari

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN