蜱

Translingual

Han character

蜱 (radical 142 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹田十 (LIHWJ), four-corner 5614₀)

References

• KangXi: page 1087, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33182
• Dae Jaweon: page 1554, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2863, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8731

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		蜱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pí (pi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): pi
• Wu (WT Romanisation): bi (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: pí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ
    • Wade-Giles: p'ih²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei⁴
    • Yale: pèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi
    • Tâi-lô: pi
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi³⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: bi (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /b̻i²³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (蜱, reconstructed)
Character (蜱), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 並 (3) Final: 支 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 符支切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/biᴇ/	/bʱie̯/	/bie/	/biɛ/	/biə̆/	/bǐe/	/bjɛ/
Character (蜱), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 明 (4) Final: 宵 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 彌遙切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/miᴇu/	/mi̯ɛu/	/miɛu/	/miɛu/	/miaw/	/mĭɛu/	/mjæu/

Old Chinese pronunciation (蜱, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
蜱					390					卑					支					0					陴					/*be/
蜱					397					卑					宵					1					蜱					/*mbew/

Definitions

蜱

1. tick (the parasitic arachnid)

Synonyms

• 壁蝨／壁虱 (bìshī)
• 蝨子／虱子 (shīzi)

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Japanese

Kanji

蜱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: び (bi), びょう (byō)
• Kan’on: ひ (hi), ひょう (hyō)
• Kun: だに (dani)

Noun

蜱 (hiragana だに, romaji dani)

1. Alternative spelling of 壁蝨: a tick, a mite (bloodsucking parasite)

Usage notes

More commonly spelled 壁蝨 in kanji. As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as ダニ. See those entries for more detail.