衣魚
See also: 衣鱼
Chinese
gown; clothes; to dress; to wear | fish | ||
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trad. (衣魚) | 衣 | 魚 | |
simp. (衣鱼) | 衣 | 鱼 |
Pronunciation
Noun
衣魚
- silverfish
Synonyms
- 壁魚/壁鱼 (bìyú)
- 蠹魚/蠹鱼 (dùyú)
- 書蛀蟲/书蛀虫 (shūzhùchóng)
- 紙魚/纸鱼 (zhǐyú)
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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衣 | 魚 |
Grade: 4 | み Grade: 2 |
jukujikun |
Etymology
From Old Japanese (see 蟫). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 衣魚.
Noun
衣魚 (hiragana しみ, katakana シミ, rōmaji shimi)
- Any insect of the family Lepismatidae, a silverfish or bristletail.
- Synonyms: 紙魚, 蠧魚