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蛭 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

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On
シツ・チツしつ・ちつ · shitsu · chitsu
Kun
ひるhiru
Meaning
leech

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

The insect radical with 至 as phonetic: the creature that sucks blood in water — the leech.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蛭ひる

    leech

  • 山蛭やまびる

    land leech

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

沢(さわ)を歩(ある)くと蛭(ひる)に注意(ちゅうい)がいる。

Walking the ravine, you must watch out for leeches.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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