What does kanji 蛭 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 蛭 is leech.

How is kanji 蛭 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 蛭 are ひる; the onyomi readings are シツ, チツ.

What words use kanji 蛭?

Example words that use kanji 蛭 include 恵比寿, 夷, 蛭, 蛭石.

Pre-Level 1

蛭

Meaning

Kanji 蛭

leech

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: ひる
Onyomi 音読み: シツチツ
Nanori 名乗り: えび

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: #2434
Strokes: 12
Radical: -
Components: -
Kanji Kentei: Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji: -

Related vocabulary

17 common entries

Showing 17 of 17 entries that include this kanji.

恵比寿

えびす

Ebisu

夷

えびす

peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu)

蛭

ひる

leech

蛭石

ひるいし

vermiculite

蛭木

ひるぎ

mangrove (of family Rhizophoraceae)

蛭木騙

ひるぎだまし

grey mangrove (Avicennia marina)

蛭蓆

ひるむしろ

Potamogeton distinctus (species of pondweed)

医用蛭

いようびる

Hirudo nipponia (species of blood-sucking leech)

肝蛭

かんてつ

sheep liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica)

血吸蛭

ちすいびる

Hirudo nipponia (species of blood-sucking leech)

山蛭

やまびる

land leech (Haemadipsa zeylanica japonica)

沼蛭

ぬまびる

Helobdella stagnalis (species of leech)

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

川で蛭に足を吸われた。

A leech sucked on my leg in the river.

蛭は人や動物の血を吸う。

Leeches suck the blood of humans and animals.

山道で蛭に気をつけてください。

Please watch out for leeches on the mountain path.

雨のあとには蛭が増えることがある。

After rain, leeches sometimes become more numerous.

彼は靴下に蛭がついているのを見つけた。

He found a leech attached to his sock.