# 蝨

| 蝨 | U+8768, &#34664; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8768 |
| ← 蝧 [U+8767] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蝩 → [U+8769] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蝨 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 弓十中戈戈 (NJLII), four-corner 1713$_6$, composition ⿱卂䖵)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1090, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33303
* Dae Jaweon: page 1556, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2874, character 5
* Unihan data for U+8768

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蝨 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 汛 | *sreːls, *siːns, *sins |
| 軐 | *siːns |
| 卂 | *sins, *tods |
| 訊 | *sins |
| 訙 | *sins |
| 迅 | *sins, *sɯns |
| 阠 | *sins, *srin, *hljins |
| 扟 | *srin |
| 籸 | *srin |
| 蝨 | *sriɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sriɡ): phonetic 卂 (OC *sins, *tods) + semantic 䖵.

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *srik (“louse”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shī (shi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sat$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): set$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): set
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sêd$^5$
* Jin (Wiktionary): sah$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): să̤
* Eastern Min (BUC): sáik
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): seh$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sit / sat / siat
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sag$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$seq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shī
*** Zhuyin: ㄕ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shih
*** Wade–Giles: shih$^1$
*** Yale: shr̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy
*** Palladius: ши (ši)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sat$^1$
*** Yale: sāt
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sat$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sed$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐt̚⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: set$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /set̚⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: set
*** Hakka Romanization System: sed$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sed$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /set̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sêd$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɛt̚¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: sah$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /saʔ²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: să̤
*** Sinological IPA : /sɛ²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sáik
*** Sinological IPA : /saiʔ²⁴/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: seh$^6$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: seh
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬɛʔ¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: seh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬɛʔ²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit
*** Tâi-lô: sit
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sid
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sit̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sat
*** Tâi-lô: sat
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sad
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /sat̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sat̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siat
*** Tâi-lô: siat
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siad
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛt̚³²/
* sit - literary;
* sat/siat - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: srit
Rime :
| Character | 蝨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 櫛 (51) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 所櫛切 |
| Baxter | srit |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʃɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʃɪt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʃiet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʂit̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ʃiĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ʃĭet̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʂi̯æt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | she |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sat$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*srik/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sriɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蝨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shī |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ srit › |
| Old Chinese | /*srik/ |
| English | louse |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蝨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14148 |
| Phonetic component | 卂 |
| Rime group | 質 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 瑟 |
| Old Chinese | /*sriɡ/ |

### Definitions

蝨
* louse
* (literary, figurative) parasite

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蝨 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蝨子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蝨子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蝨子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蝨子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 蝨子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 蝨子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 蝨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 蝨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蝨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 蝨子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yanqi | 蝨子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 蝨子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 蝨子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 蝨子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蝨子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 蝨子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 蝨子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 蝨子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蝨子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蝨, 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 蝨 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蝨 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 蝨 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 狗蝨, 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 白蝨 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 狗蝨 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 蝨, 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 蝨乸, 蝨 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 蝨乸 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 蝨 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 母蝨 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 蝨 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 蝨 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 蝨 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 蝨 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 蝨 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 蝨 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 蝨 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 蝨 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 蝨 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蝨 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 蝨 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 蝨 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 蝨 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蝨乸 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蝨, 富貴蟲 humorous |
| Gan | Lichuan | 蝨 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 蝨婆 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 蝨乸 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 蝨乸 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 蝨乸 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 蝨 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 蝨嫲, 蝨乸 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Changting | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 蝨婆 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 蝨婆 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 蝨嫲, 蝨婆 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 蝨婆 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 蝨婆 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 蝨婆 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 蝨 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 蝨嫲 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 蝨 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 蝨 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蝨子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 蝨子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蝨嫲 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 蝨嫲 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 蝨嫲 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 蝨嫲 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 蝨嫲 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 蝨嫲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蝨母 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 蝨母 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 蝨母 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 蝨母 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 蝨母 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 蝨母 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 蝨母 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 蝨母 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 蝨母 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 蝨母 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蝨母 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 蝨母 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 蝨母 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 蝨母 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 蝨母 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 蝨母 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 蝨母 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 蝨母 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 蝨母 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 蝨母 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 蝨母, 蝨 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 蝨母 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 蝨母 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 蝨母 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 蝨母 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 蝨母 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 蝨母 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 蝨母 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 蝨母 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 蝨 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 蝨母 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蝨母 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 蝨母 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 蝨, 蝨母 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 蝨 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 蝨 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 蝨母 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 蝨母 big, 蝨囝 small |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 蝨母 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 蝨母 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 蝨嫲 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 蝨 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 蝨 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 蝨娘 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 蝨娘 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 蝨娘 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 蝨娘 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 頭娘 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 蝨娘 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 蝨 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 蝨娘 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 蝨仔 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 蝨娘 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 蝨 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 蝨仔 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 蝨娘 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 蝨 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蝨子, 白蝨, 老白蝨 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 白蝨, 老白蝨 |
| Wu | Danyang | 蝨子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 蝨子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蝨, 老白蝨 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蝨 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 蝨 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蝨婆, 蝨婆子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 蝨婆, 蝨婆子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 蝨婆子 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 蝨婆 |

### Compounds

* 佉盧蝨吒 / 佉卢虱吒
* 六蝨 / 六虱
* 口中蚤蝨 / 口中蚤虱
* 塘蝨 / 塘虱
* 壁蝨 / 壁虱 (bìshī)
* 射蝨 / 射虱
* 捉字蝨 / 捉字虱
* 捫蝨 / 扪虱
* 捫蝨而談 / 扪虱而谈
* 斑飛蝨 / 斑飞虱
* 木蝨 / 木虱 (mùshī)
* 水蝨 / 水虱 (shuǐshī)
* 沙蝨 / 沙虱
* 狗蝨 / 狗虱 (gǒushī)
* 視蝨如輪 / 视虱如轮
* 竹蝨 / 竹虱
* 蚤蝨 / 蚤虱
* 蝨乸 / 虱乸
* 蝨子 / 虱子 (shīzi)
* 蝨官 / 虱官
* 蝨建草 / 虱建草
* 蝨心 / 虱心
* 蝨病 / 虱病
* 蝨瘕 / 虱瘕
* 蝨瘤 / 虱瘤
* 蝨癥 / 虱症
* 蝨目魚 / 虱目鱼 (shīmùyú)
* 蝨處褌 / 虱处裈
* 蝨蛀 / 虱蛀
* 蝨蝨 / 虱虱
* 蝨蟲 / 虱虫
* 蝨蟣 / 虱虮
* 蝨蟻 / 虱蚁
* 蝨蠅 / 虱蝇
* 蝨蠱 / 虱蛊
* 蟣蝨 / 虮虱 (jǐshī)
* 蟲蝨 / 虫虱
* 蟣蝨臣 / 虮虱臣
* 蟻蝨 / 蚁虱
* 豕蝨 / 豕虱
* 貫蝨 / 贯虱
* 跳蝨 / 跳虱 (tiàoshī)
* 遣蝨 / 遣虱
* 邯鄲蝨 / 邯郸虱
* 陰蝨 / 阴虱 (yīnshī)
* 頭蝨 / 头虱 (tóushī)
* 魚蝨 / 鱼虱
* 鵬蝨 / 鹏虱
* 鶴蝨 / 鹤虱 (hèshī)
* 龍蝨 / 龙虱 (lóngshī)

### References

* “蝨”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* sucking louse

#### Readings

* Go-on: しち (shichi)
* Kan-on: しつ (shitsu)
* Kun: しらみ (shirami)

### Noun

* Kanji in this term
* 蝨
* しらみ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
蝨(しらみ) or 蝨(シラミ) • (shirami)
* Alternative spelling of 虱 (“sucking louse”)

## Korean
### Hanja

蝨 • (seul) (hangeul 슬, revised seul, McCune–Reischauer sŭl, Yale sul)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

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

### References

* ↑ Trần (2004).