Translingual

Han character

蟎 (radical 142 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿中月 (LITLB))

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References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1096, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33570
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2883, character 6
• Unihan data for U+87CE

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Kun: だに (dani)

Noun

蟎 ‎(hiragana だに, romaji dani)

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

This character is very rare in Japanese.

Mandarin

Hanzi

蟎 ‎(simplified 螨, Pinyin mǎn (man3), Wade-Giles man³)

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