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Kotomora

蛭

leech

FrequencyTop 5,000Strokes12

Readings

On'yomi

  • シツ
  • チツ

Kun'yomi

  • ひる

Nanori

  • えび

Meaning

蛭 centers on the leech, a blood-sucking worm. The meaning is specific and concrete, with no major abstract extensions.

Most common words using 蛭

  • 蛭ひる

    leech

  • 八重山蛭木やえやまひるぎ

    Rhizophora mucronata (species of mangrove)

  • 医用蛭いようびる

    Hirudo nipponia (species of blood-sucking leech)

  • 山蛭やまびる

    land leech (Haemadipsa zeylanica japonica)

  • 沼蛭ぬまびる

    Helobdella stagnalis (species of leech)

  • 肝蛭かんてつ

    sheep liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica)

  • 肝蛭症かんてつしょう

    fascioliasis

  • 蛭木ひるぎ

    mangrove (of family Rhizophoraceae)

  • 蛭木騙ひるぎだまし

    grey mangrove (Avicennia marina); white mangrove

  • 蛭石ひるいし

    vermiculite

  • 蛭蓆ひるむしろ

    Potamogeton distinctus (species of pondweed)

  • 血吸蛭ちすいびる

    Hirudo nipponia (species of blood-sucking leech)

  • 雄蛭木おひるぎ

    black mangrove (Bruguiera gymnorrhiza)

  • 雌蛭木めひるぎ

    Kandelia obovata (species of mangrove)

  • 馬蛭うまびる

    Whitmania pigra (species of leech)

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Etymology

蛭 combines 虫 (insect/worm) with 至, which likely contributes the sound. The character specifically denotes a leech.

Meaning mnemonic

A worm 虫 that arrives 至 to suck blood: that's a leech.

Reading mnemonic

For シツ, imagine a leech sitting on your skin: sit -> シツ, and the leech is right there.