蝟

Information about character(s)

Radical: 虫
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 15
Simplified Form: 猬
Variants: 猬

Pronunciation

Pinyin: wèi
Cantonese: wai6
JapaneseKun: HARINEZUMI
JapaneseOn: I
Korean: WI

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: hedgehog

CE-Dict: hedgehog (family Erinaceidae)

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a hedgehog

康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】蝟
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤于貴切，音胃。【玉篇】蟲也，似豪豬而小。【韻會】通作彙。【爾雅·釋獸】彙，毛剌。【註】卽蝟也。【陸佃云】可治胃疾。【炙轂子】刺端分兩岐者蝟，如棘針者䖶。蝟似鼠，性獰鈍，物少犯近，則毛刺攢起如矢。【前漢·賈誼傳】反者如蝟毛而起。【史記·龜筴傳】蝟辱于鵲。【註】《續博物志》云：蝟能跳入虎耳，見鵲便自仰腹受啄。【焦贛·易林】虎饑欲食，見蝟而伏。【西京雜記】元封二年大寒，牛馬皆踡蹜如蝟。　又山名。【華陽國志】滇池有白蝟山，山無石，惟有蝟也。　或作猬。【張衡·東京賦】攎狒猬。　【集韻】亦作𧳪。

CF-Dict: hérisson

Han-De-Dict: Igel (lat: Erinaceidae) (u.E.) (S, Bio)