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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:  15
Radical Number:  142
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  2-3-12
Korean Reading:  seul
Chinese Reading:  shi1
Unicode:  8768
JIS:  697C

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4159
New Nelson Index: 5347
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6d2.1
Four Corner Index: 1713.6
Daikanwanjiten Index: 33303
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0062

Words

(しらみ、しし、シラミ)
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
壁蝨 (だに、ダニ)
tick (Acari spp.); mite
虱潰しに (しらみつぶしに)
one by one; going over with a fine-tooth comb
木虱 (きじらみ、キジラミ)
psylla (any insect of family Psyllidae); psyllid; jumping plant louse
家ダニ (いえだに、いえダニ)
tropical rat mite (Ornithonyssus bacoti)
虱潰し (しらみつぶし)
very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search; scouring
毛ダニ (けダニ、けだに、ケダニ)
velvet mite (Trombidiidae spp.); erythaeid mite (Erythraeoidea spp.); harvest mite (Trombiculidae spp.); spider mite (Tetranychidae spp.); cheyletid mite (Cheyletidae spp.)
葉壁蝨 (はだに、ハダニ)
spider mite (any mite of family Tetranychidae)
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