虱 — kanji meaning “lice”
虱
lice, vermin
- Meanings
- lice, vermin
- On'yomi
- シツ (shitsu)
- Kun'yomi
- しらみ
- Strokes
- 8
- Classical radical
- 142
- Chinese reading
- shī — Chinese character page
Words with 虱
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 虱潰し | しらみつぶし shiramitsubushi | very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search |
| 人虱 | ひとじらみ hitojirami | Pediculus humanus (species of louse that infests humans); body louse; body lice |
| 頭虱 | あたまじらみ atamajirami | head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis); head lice |
| 虱潰しに | しらみつぶしに shiramitsubushini | one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively |
| 羽虱 | はじらみ hajirami | biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); chewing louse |
| 虱目魚 | さばひい sabahii | milkfish (Chanos chanos) |
| 床虱 | とこじらみ tokojirami | bed bug (Cimex lectularius); bedbug |
| 衣虱 | ころもじらみ koromojirami | body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus); body lice |
| 着物虱 | きものじらみ kimonojirami | body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus); body lice |
| 虱蠅 | しらみばえ shiramibae | louse fly (any fly of family Hippoboscidae) |
| 木虱 | きじらみ kijirami | psylla (any insect of family Psyllidae); psyllid; jumping plant louse |
| 桑木虱 | くわきじらみ kuwakijirami | mulberry psyllid (Anomoneura mori) |
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