虱

See also: 風 and 蝨
虱 U+8671, 虱
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8671
← 虰
[U+8670] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 虲 →
[U+8672]

Translingual

Han character

虱 (radical 142, 虫+2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓竹中戈 (NHLI), four-corner 17110, composition ⿹⺄䖝)

References
  • KangXi: page 1076, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32812
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1545, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2834, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8671

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 虱 – see 蝨 (“louse; bug, parasite”).
(This character, 虱, is the simplified and variant traditional form of 蝨.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji
虱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. louse

Readings
  • Go-on: しち (shichi)
  • Kan-on: しつ (shitsu)
  • Kun: しらみ (shirami, 虱)

Compounds

Alternative forms
Kanji in this term
虱
しらみ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

First attested in the Shinsen Jikyō (c. 900 CE).

Compound of 白 (shira, “white”, combining form) and an uncertain mi. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

虱 (hiragana しらみ, katakana シラミ, rōmaji shirami)

  1. a sucking louse, especially the head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis)
    Synonym: 半風子 (hanpūshi)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as シラミ.

Derived terms
Derived terms

Proverbs
Proverbs
  • 虱 (しらみ)の皮 (かわ)を千枚 (せんまい)に剝 (は)ぐ (shirami no kawa o senmai ni hagu)
  • 虱 (しらみ)の皮 (かわ)を槍 (やり)で剝 (は)ぐ (shirami no kawa o yari de hagu)
  • 虱 (しらみ)を捫 (ひね)って当 (とう)世 (せい)の務 (む)を談 (だん)ず (shirami o hinette tōsei no mu o danzu)
  • 口 (こう)中 (ちゅう)の虱 (しらみ) (kōchū no shirami)

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

虱 • (seul) (hangeul 슬, revised seul, McCune–Reischauer sŭl, Yale sul)

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