草履虫

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 草履虫 – see 草履蟲 (“paramecium”). (This term, 草履虫, is the simplified form of 草履蟲.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
草	履	虫
そう > ぞう Grade: 1	り Grade: S	むし Grade: 1
Irregular

Etymology

From 草履 (zōri, “Japanese thonged sandal”) +‎ 虫 (mushi, “worm”). Compare Chinese 草履蟲, Korean 짚신벌레 (jipsinbeolle, literally “Korean straw sandal worm”), Vietnamese trùng giày (literally “shoe worm”), trùng đế giày (literally “shoe sole worm”).

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) ぞーりむし [zòóríꜜmùshì] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA^(key): [d͡zo̞ːɾʲimɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun

草履虫 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 草履蟲, hiragana ぞうりむし, katakana ゾウリムシ, rōmaji zōrimushi, historical hiragana ざうりむし, historical katakana ザウリムシ)

paramecium

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