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Translingual

Han character

(radical 142 +6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一戈土 (LIMIG), four-corner 51114, composition)

  1. leech

References

  • KangXi: page 1083, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33048
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1550, character 31
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2848, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+86ED

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*tiɡs
*tiɡs
*tiɡs
*tʰiɡs, *tʰiɡ
*di, *diːɡ
*diɡs
*tjiɡs
*tʰji
*tʰji
*tʰjiɡs
*hriɡs, *tiːɡ, *diːɡ, *tʰiɡ
*tiːɡ, *tiɡ
*tiːɡ, *tiɡ, *tjiɡ
*diːɡ
*diːɡ
*diːɡ, *diɡ
*diːɡ
*diːɡ
*tiɡ
*tiɡ
*tiɡ, *tjiɡ
*tiɡ
*tiɡ
*diɡ, *tjiɡ
*tjiɡ
*tjiɡ
*tjiɡ
*hliɡ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial () (23) (9) (5)
Final () (48) (49) (87)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III Chongniu III IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiɪt̚/ /ʈˠiɪt̚/ /tet̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕit̚/ /ʈᵚit̚/ /tet̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕjet̚/ /ȶiet̚/ /tɛt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cit̚/ /ʈjit̚/ /tɛt̚/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕiĕt̚/ /ȶjĕt̚/ /tet̚/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭĕt̚/ /ȶĭĕt̚/ /tiet̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯ĕt̚/ /ȶi̯ĕt̚/ /tiet̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhi zhi die
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 17348 17357 17369
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tiːɡ/ /*tiɡ/ /*tjiɡ/
Notes

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 吸血蛭
  • 水蛭 (shuǐzhì)

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
ひる
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(hiragana ひる, katakana ヒル, romaji hiru)

  1. leech

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja

(jil) (hangeul , revised jil, McCune-Reischauer chil, Yale cil)

  1. (거머리) leech

Compounds

See also

horse-leech
  • (마, ma)
  • (황, hwang)

Okinawan

Kanji

(hiragana びーる, romaji bīru)

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese (hiru).

Noun

(hiragana びーる, romaji bīru)

  1. leech

Vietnamese

Han character

(điệt)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

  • Nôm: chất, chấy, chí, điệt

References

  • Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
  • Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
  • Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999