蚧

Information about character(s)

Radical: 虫
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 10

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jiè
Cantonese: gaai3
JapaneseOn: KAI
Vietnamese: nhái

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: a red spotted lizard, used as medicine

CE-Dict: horned toad

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: scale bug - 昆
scale insect - 昆

康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】蚧
【類篇】居拜切，音介。【大戴禮】魚遊於水，鳥飛於雲，故冬燕雀入於海，化而爲蚧。　又蛤蚧。【本草】蟇首細鱗長尾，生嶺南，在古牆壁及榕木閒。【元陳孚詩】龍眼花開蛤蚧鳴。　又地名。蝗蚧潭，見《襄城縣志》。　又【韻會】通疥。【後漢·鮮𤰞傳】邊陲之患，手足之疥瘙。字或作蚧。　【直音】亦作𧎁。

Han-De-Dict: Schildlaus (u.E.) (S)