虱
louse
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How 虱 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
虫 (semantic, “insect”) + 乙 (phonetic, yǐ)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 乙
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 乙 (yǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乙 sound component | yǐ | second; 2nd heavenly stem |
| 艺 | yì | art; talent, ability; craft |
| 忆 | yì | to remember, to reflect upon; memory |
| 亿 | yì | hundred million; many |
| 穵 | wā | a deep hollow; to dig out, to gouge |
| 钇 | yǐ | yttrium |
Words containing 虱
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 虱子多了不痒，债多了不愁 | shī zi duō le bù yǎng , zhài duō le bù chóu | (lit.) when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore, and when up to one's … |
| 虱目鱼 | shī mù yú | milkfish (Chanos chanos) |
| 虱目鱼 | shī mù yú | variant of 虱目魚|虱目鱼[shi1 mu4 yu2] |
| 虱多不痒 | shī duō bù yǎng | (lit.) when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore (idiom); (fig.) to be … |
| 虱子 | shī zi | louse (Pediculus humanus) |
| 头虱 | tóu shī | head lice |
| 体虱 | tǐ shī | body louse |
| 木虱 | mù shī | woodlouse |
| 阴虱 | yīn shī | crab louse; pubic louse |
| 壁虱 | bì shī | tick; bedbug |
| 床虱 | chuáng shī | bedbug |
| 塘虱 | táng shī | catfish (family Clariidae) |
| 扁虱 | biǎn shī | tick (zoology) |