虮

See also: 蟣

虮 U+866E, 虮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-866E ← 虭 [U+866D] CJK Unified Ideographs 虯 → [U+866F]

Translingual

Han character

虮 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹弓 (LIHN), four-corner 5711₀, composition ⿰虫几)

1. nit egg of a louse

See also

• 卵, 蛋, 鮞/鲕, 鯤/鲲, 蟣

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1076, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32809
• Dae Jaweon: page 1545, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2833, character 9
• Unihan data for U+866E

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (几) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
肌	*kril
飢	*kril
机	*kril, *krilʔ
虮	*kril
几	*krilʔ
麂	*krilʔ

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 虮 – see 蟣 (“egg of a louse; nit ; foam above wine ; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 蟣).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		虮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jī (ji¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ji
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kril/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	虮
Reading #	1/1
No.	5759
Phonetic component	几
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	飢
Old Chinese	/*kril/
Notes	爾雅作肌

Definitions

虮

1. only used in 密虮