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蛭

蛭 U+86ED, 蛭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86ED
← 蛬
[U+86EC] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蛮 →
[U+86EE]

Translingual

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Han character

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蛭 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一戈土 (LIMIG), four-corner 51114, composition ⿰虫至)

  1. leech

References

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  • 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

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simp. and trad.
 蛭
alternative forms 𧓳
⿰虫貭
𧌼

Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (至) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-liːt (“leech (water-, horse-)”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 蛭 蛭 蛭
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 章 (23) 知 (9) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 質 (48) 質 (49) 屑 (87)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) III III IV
Fanqie 之日切 丁悉切 丁結切
Baxter tsyit trit tet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ɕiɪt̚/ /ʈˠiɪt̚/ /tet̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡ɕit̚/ /ʈᵚit̚/ /tet̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ɕjet̚/ /ȶiet̚/ /tɛt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/cit̚/ /ʈjit̚/ /tɛt̚/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ɕiĕt̚/ /ȶjĕt̚/ /tet̚/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ɕĭĕt̚/ /ȶĭĕt̚/ /tiet̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡ɕi̯ĕt̚/ /ȶi̯ĕt̚/ /tiet̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhi zhi die
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zat1 zat1 dit3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蛭 蛭 蛭
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 17348 17357 17369
Phonetic
component 		至 至 至
Rime
group 		質 質 質
Rime
subdivision 		2 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		窒 蛭 質
Old
Chinese 		/*tiːɡ/ /*tiɡ/ /*tjiɡ/
Notes 集韻併入陟慄切

Definitions

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蛭

  1. leech

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Japanese

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Kanji

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蛭

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

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  • 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

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Kanji in this term
蛭
ひる
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
 ヒル on Japanese Wikipedia

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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蛭(ひる) or 蛭(ヒル) • (hiru) 

  1. a leech

References

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  1. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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蛭 • (jil) (hangeul 질, revised jil, McCune–Reischauer chil, Yale cil)

  1. (거머리) leech

Compounds

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See also

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horse-leech

Okinawan

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Kanji

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蛭

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
蛭
びーる
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Cognate with Japanese 蛭 (hiru).

Noun

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蛭(びーる) (bīru) 

  1. leech

Vietnamese

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Han character

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蛭: Hán Nôm readings: điệt

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

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  • Nôm: chất, chấy, chí, điệt

References

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  • 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
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