蛭 — kanji meaning “leech”
蛭
leech
- Meanings
- leech
- On'yomi
- シツ (shitsu)、チツ (chitsu)
- Kun'yomi
- ひる
- Name readings
- えび
- Strokes
- 12
- Newspaper frequency
- #2434 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 142
- Chinese reading
- zhì — Chinese character page
Words with 蛭
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肝蛭 | かんてつ kantetsu | sheep liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica) |
| 雄蛭木 | おひるぎ ohirugi | black mangrove (Bruguiera gymnorrhiza) |
| 雌蛭木 | めひるぎ mehirugi | Kandelia obovata (species of mangrove) |
| 蛭木 | ひるぎ hirugi | mangrove (of family Rhizophoraceae) |
| 蛭木騙 | ひるぎだまし hirugidamashi | grey mangrove (Avicennia marina); white mangrove |
| 蛭石 | ひるいし hiruishi | vermiculite |
| 肝蛭症 | かんてつしょう kantetsushou | fascioliasis |
| 山蛭 | やまびる yamabiru | land leech (Haemadipsa zeylanica japonica) |
| 馬蛭 | うまびる umabiru | Whitmania pigra (species of leech) |
| 血吸蛭 | ちすいびる chisuibiru | Hirudo nipponia (species of blood-sucking leech) |
| 沼蛭 | ぬまびる numabiru | Helobdella stagnalis (species of leech) |
| 蛭蓆 | ひるむしろ hirumushiro | Potamogeton distinctus (species of pondweed) |
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