虱

See also: 風 and 蝨

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1076, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32812
• Dae Jaweon: page 1545, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2834, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8671

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Chinese

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

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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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

• 虱目魚(サバヒー) (sabahī)
• 壁虱(ダニ) (dani)
• 金魚虱(チョウ), 魚虱(チョウ) (chō)

Alternative forms

Kanji in this term
虱
しらみ Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

• 蝨, 𬠀

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?)

Noun

虱(しらみ) or 虱(シラミ) • (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 (where katakana is customary), as シラミ.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 虱(しらみ)潰(つぶ)し (shirami-tsubushi)
• 虱(シラミ)蠅(バエ) (shiramibae)
• 虱(しらみ)紐(ひも) (shirami himo)
• 虱(しらみ)本(ぼん) (shiramibon)
• 頭(アタマ)虱(ジラミ) (atama-jirami)
• 魚(ウオ)虱(ジラミ) (uojirami)
• 木(キ)虱(ジラミ) (kijirami)
• 草(クサ)虱(ジラミ) (kusajirami)
• 桑(クワ)木(キ)虱(ジラミ) (kuwaki-jirami)
• 毛(ケ)虱(ジラミ) (kejirami)
• 衣(コロモ)虱(ジラミ) (koromo-jirami)
• 床(トコ)虱(ジラミ) (tokojirami)
• 羽(ハ)虱(ジラミ) (hajirami)
• 花(はな)見(み)虱(じらみ) (hanami-jirami)
• 人(ヒト)虱(ジラミ) (hitojirami)
• 藪(ヤブ)虱(ジラミ) (yabujirami)

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)って当世(とうせい)の務(む)を談(だん)ず (shirami o hinette tōsei no mu o danzu)
• 口中(こうちゅう)の虱(しらみ) (kōchū no shirami)

See also

• 蟣(キササ) (kisasa, “nit, louse egg”, obsolete)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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