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蝨 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
On
シツしつ · shitsu
Kun
しらみshirami
Meaning
a louse

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Two insects 虫 with 卂 as phonetic: the louse that clings to the body.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蝨しらみ

    a louse

  • 虱しらみ

    the same, written another way

More words with this kanji

  • 壁蝨だに

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

蝨(しらみ)がわかぬよう髪(かみ)を洗(あら)う。

They wash the hair so no lice breed.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

蝨蚩to moc…蚪used…蚣used…蚌a fres…蚓an ear…桎fetter…瑟a larg…嘯to how…蟋used…隰low we…
RadicalReading
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