This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: シツ、しらみ
Romaji: shitsu, shirami
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

lice, vermin

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  142
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  2-2-6
Korean Reading:  seul
Chinese Reading:  shi1
Unicode:  8671
JIS:  694D

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4116
New Nelson Index: 5276
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6d2.1
Four Corner Index: 1711.0
Daikanwanjiten Index: 32812
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0002

Words

(しらみ、しし、シラミ)
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
虱潰し (しらみつぶし)
very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search; scouring
毛ジラミ (けジラミ、けじらみ)
crab louse (Pthirus pubis); crab lice; pubic louse; pubic lice
床虱 (とこじらみ)
bed bug (Cimex lectularius); bedbug
羽虱 (はじらみ、ハジラミ)
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); chewing louse
衣虱 (ころもじらみ、コロモジラミ)
body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus); body lice
虱潰しに (しらみつぶしに)
one by one; going over with a fine-tooth comb
虱目魚 (さばひい、サバヒー)
milkfish (Chanos chanos)
桑木虱 (くわきじらみ、クワキジラミ)
mulberry psyllid (Anomoneura mori)
虱蠅 (しらみばえ、シラミバエ)
louse fly (any fly of family Hippoboscidae)
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