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Zach

蛭

Readings

Kana: シツ、チツ、ひる
Romaji: shitsu, chitsu, hiru
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Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: えび
Romaji: ebi
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Meaning

leech

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  142
Frequency:  2434
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-6-6
Korean Reading:  jil
Chinese Reading:  zhi4
Unicode:  86ed
JIS:  4948

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4132
New Nelson Index: 5308
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6d6.5
Four Corner Index: 5111.4
Japanese Names Index: 1920
Daikanwanjiten Index: 33048
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0030
Remembering the kanji Index: 2696
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2735

Words

蛭 (ひる、ヒル)
leech
肝蛭 (かんてつ)
sheep liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica)
蛭石 (ひるいし)
vermiculite
蛭木騙 (ひるぎだまし、ヒルギダマシ)
grey mangrove (Avicennia marina); white mangrove
雄蛭木 (おひるぎ、オヒルギ)
black mangrove (Bruguiera gymnorrhiza)
恵比寿 (えびす、ゑびす、えべす、ひるこ)
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
蛭木 (ひるぎ、ヒルギ)
mangrove (of family Rhizophoraceae)
蛭蓆 (ひるむしろ、ヒルムシロ)
Potamogeton distinctus (species of pondweed)
八重山蛭木 (やえやまひるぎ、ヤエヤマヒルギ)
Rhizophora mucronata (species of mangrove)
沼蛭 (ぬまびる、ヌマビル)
Helobdella stagnalis (species of leech)
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