虱

shī

Radical: 虫 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

虱 decomposes into the following components:

乙 虫

Semantic component: 虫; phonetic component: 乙.

Words containing 虱

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 虱.

体虱
tǐ shī
塘虱
táng shī
catfish (family Clariidae)
壁虱
bì shī
tick
头虱
tóu shī
head lice
床虱
chuáng shī
扁虱
biǎn shī
tick (zoology)
木虱
mù shī
woodlouse
虱子
shī zi
louse (Pediculus humanus)
阴虱
yīn shī
虱目鱼
shī mù yú
milkfish (Chanos chanos)
虱多不痒
shī duō bù yǎng
lit. when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore (idiom)
虱子多了不痒，债多了不愁
shī zi duō le bù yǎng , zhài duō le bù chóu

Related characters (radical 虫)

Characters that share the radical 虫.

虫 虬 虮 虰 虹 虺 虻 虼 虽 虾 虿 蚁 蚂 蚊 蚋 蚌 蚍 蚓 蚕 蚖 蚜 蚝 蚣 蚤

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