蛭

Translingual

Han character

1. leech

References

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

蛭 (Jyutping zat6, Yale jat6)

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Japanese

Kanji

蛭

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Kan-on: てつ (tetsu), しつ (shitsu), ちつ (chitsu)
• Kun: ひる (hiru)

Noun

蛭(ひる) or 蛭(ヒル) • (hiru) 

1. leech

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Korean

Hanja

蛭 • (jil) (hangeul 질, revised jil, McCune–Reischauer chil, Yale cil)

1. (거머리) leech

Compounds

• 馬蛭 (마질, majil) (literally and practically) horse-leech

See also

horse-leech

• 螞 (마, ma)
• 蟥 (황, hwang)

• 螞蟥 (마황, mahwang)
• 말거머리 (mal-geomeori)

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Okinawan

Kanji

蛭 (hiragana びーる, romaji biiru)

Etymology

Cognate with mainland (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese (deprecated template usage) 蛭 (hiru).

Noun

蛭 (hiragana びーる, romaji biiru)

1. leech

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Mandarin

Hanzi

蛭 (Pinyin zhé (zhe2), zhì (zhi4), Wade-Giles che², chih⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 蛭 (điệt)

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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