壁蝨

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See also: 壁虱

Chinese

wall; rampart louse
trad. (壁蝨/壁虱) /
simp. (壁虱)

Pronunciation

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Noun

(deprecated template usage) 壁蝨

  1. tick
  2. bedbug

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)


Japanese

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壁蝨 (dani, tani): a tick.
壁蝨 (dani, tani): a clover mite.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
だに
Grade: S Hyōgai
jukujikun
Alternative spellings

/tani//dani/

From Old Japanese. Shift from earlier reading tani.[1][2] This reading persists in some modern dialects.

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 壁蝨壁虱 (bìshī). The characters literally mean (wall) + (louse), as an indication that ticks and mites may be found on walls.

Pronunciation

Noun

壁蝨(だに) or 壁蝨(ダニ) (dani

  1. a tick, a mite: any of various small parasitic arachnids of subclass Acari
  2. (derogatory, figurative) a parasite, a layabout, a moocher: someone who lives off other people
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 ダニ.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
たに
Grade: S Hyōgai
jukujikun

The ancient form of dani above.

Pronunciation

Noun

壁蝨(たに) (tani

  1. (obsolete) a tick, a mite: any of various small parasitic arachnids of subclass Acari

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN