蛭

12 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

leech

Kun'yomi
  • ひる
    		leech
On'yomi
  • シツ
  • チツ
Nanori
  • えび

Main Radical

虫(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ひる 84.6%
えび 15.4%

Character Breakdown

leech
ひる　えび　シツ (Kentei Pre-1)
insect, bug, temper
むし　チュウ　キ (1st, N2)
in, inside, middle
なか　チュウ　うち (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
rising stroke
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
climax, arrive, proceed
シ　いた.る　のぶ (6th, N1)
the fore-arm(厷) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ　ボウ　ム (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)

Common Words

ひる
蛭
いし
石
vermiculite
い
医
よう
用
びる
蛭
Hirudo nipponia (species of blood-sucking leech)
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References

Unicode hex code 86ED
JIS X 0208 1-41-40
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4132
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5308
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2696
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2735
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1920
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 33048
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6d6.5
Four corner code 5111.4