Chinese Character Dictionary

This dictionary collects useful information about Chinese characters, including stroke order, structure, pinyin, zhuyin, Cantonese romanization, Minnan romanization, Chaozhou romanization, words, idioms and explanations.
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Stroke order, structure, pinyin, zhuyin, romanization, words and explanations for ""

Basic information
Strokes: 12 Radical: 虫 Structure: 左右结构
Pinyin: zhì Zhuyin: ㄓˋ Yueping: jat9 Guangdong: zed6
Minnan: tia̍t Chaozhou: Tang:
Stroke order:
Words:吞蛭水蛭蛇蛭蛭虮蛭蝚蛭蟨衒蛭马蛭鱼蛭
Idioms:
Xiehouyu:
English meaning: leech
Detailed explanations by pronunciation
Pinyin 1: zhì
Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
蚂蟥。环节动物。体一般长而扁平,略似蚯蚓,前后各有一个吸盘。生活在淡水或湿润处,能吸人畜的血 蛭,虮也。从虫,至声。——《说文》<br>楚惠王食寒菹而得蛭,遂吞之,久病心腹之疾皆愈。——《贾子春秋》<br>蛭之性食血,惠王殆有积血也。——《论衡·福虚》<br>弥六合,泽万物,而虾与蛭不离尺水。——柳宗元《晋问》
又如:蛭虮(水蛭);蛭蝚(水蛭。一名至掌);蛭类(动物学名词)
小山丘。通“垤” 人莫迹于山,而迹于蛭。——《淮南子·人间》