shī
louse
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 蝨
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
louse (Pediculus humanus) | ||
louse | ||
catfish (family Clariidae) | ||
milkfish (Chanos chanos) | ||
head lice |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*srik | srit | shī | louse |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.4576% of movies
2932nd most common character in movies
4013th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 15 |
Unicode | U+8768 |
Shuowen | “蝨，齧人蟲。从，卂聲。” |
Sources
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