# 蛭

| 蛭 | U+86ED, &#34541; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86ED |
| ← 蛬 [U+86EC] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蛮 → [U+86EE] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蛭 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一戈土 (LIMIG), four-corner 5111$_4$, composition ⿰虫至)
* leech

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1083, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33048
* Dae Jaweon: page 1550, character 31
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2848, character 14
* Unihan data for U+86ED

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 致 | *tiɡs |
| 輊 | *tiɡs |
| 駤 | *tiɡs |
| 跮 | *tʰiɡs, *tʰiɡ |
| 荎 | *di, *diːɡ |
| 緻 | *diɡs |
| 至 | *tjiɡs |
| 鵄 | *tʰji |
| 胵 | *tʰji |
| 痓 | *tʰjiɡs |
| 咥 | *hriɡs, *tiːɡ, *diːɡ, *tʰiɡ |
| 窒 | *tiːɡ, *tiɡ |
| 蛭 | *tiːɡ, *tiɡ, *tjiɡ |
| 垤 | *diːɡ |
| 耋 | *diːɡ |
| 姪 | *diːɡ, *diɡ |
| 絰 | *diːɡ |
| 恎 | *diːɡ |
| 挃 | *tiɡ |
| 庢 | *tiɡ |
| 銍 | *tiɡ, *tjiɡ |
| 秷 | *tiɡ |
| 螲 | *tiɡ |
| 侄 | *diɡ, *tjiɡ |
| 桎 | *tjiɡ |
| 郅 | *tjiɡ |
| 晊 | *tjiɡ |
| 室 | *hliɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tiːɡ, *tiɡ, *tjiɡ) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 至 (OC *tjiɡs)

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-liːt (“leech (water-, horse-)”) (STEDT).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhì (zhi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zat$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
*** Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^4$
*** Yale: jr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
*** Palladius: чжи (čži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zat$^6$
*** Yale: jaht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzat$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zed$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɐt̚²/
* Middle Chinese: tsyit, trit, tet
Rime :
| Character | 蛭 | 蛭 | 蛭 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) | 知 (9) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 質 (48) | 質 (49) | 屑 (87) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III | IV |
| Fanqie | 之日切 | 丁悉切 | 丁結切 |
| Baxter | tsyit | trit | tet |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕiɪt̚/ | /ʈˠiɪt̚/ | /tet̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕit̚/ | /ʈᵚit̚/ | /tet̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕjet̚/ | /ȶiet̚/ | /tɛt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cit̚/ | /ʈjit̚/ | /tɛt̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiĕt̚/ | /ȶjĕt̚/ | /tet̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭĕt̚/ | /ȶĭĕt̚/ | /tiet̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯ĕt̚/ | /ȶi̯ĕt̚/ | /tiet̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhi | zhi | die |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zat$^1$ | zat$^1$ | dit$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tiːɡ/, /*tiɡ/, /*tjiɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蛭 | 蛭 | 蛭 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 17348 | 17357 | 17369 |
| Phonetic component | 至 | 至 | 至 |
| Rime group | 質 | 質 | 質 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 窒 | 蛭 | 質 |
| Old Chinese | /*tiːɡ/ | /*tiɡ/ | /*tjiɡ/ |
| Notes | | 集韻併入陟慄切 | |

### Definitions

蛭
* leech

### Compounds

* 吸血蛭
* 水蛭 (shuǐzhì)
* 肝蛭 (gānzhì)
* 肺蛭 (fèizhì)
* 草蛭
* 蛭石 (zhìshí)
* 蠪蛭 / 𰲴蛭

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: しち (shichi)、てち (techi)
* Kan-on: しつ (shitsu)、ちつ (chitsu)、てつ (tetsu)
* Kun: ひる (hiru, 蛭)、えび (ebi, 蛭)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 蛭
* ひる Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ひる [híꜜrù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [çiɾɯ̟]

### Noun

蛭(ひる) or 蛭(ヒル) • (hiru)
* a leech

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

蛭 • (jil) (hangeul 질, revised jil, McCune–Reischauer chil, Yale cil)
* (거머리) leech

#### Compounds

* 馬蛭 (마질, majil) (literally and practically) horse-leech

#### See also
##### horse-leech

* 螞 (마, ma)
* 螞蟥 (마황, mahwang)
* 蟥 (황, hwang)
* 말 (mal)거머리 (geomeori) (mal-geomeori)

## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: びーる (bīru, 蛭)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 蛭
* びーる Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
Cognate with Japanese 蛭 (hiru).

### Noun

蛭(びーる) (bīru)
* leech

## Vietnamese
### Han character

蛭: Hán Nôm readings: điệt
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* Nôm: chất, chấy, chí, điệt

#### References

* Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
* Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
* Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999