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)

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

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/

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

only used in 密虮