紙魚
See also: 纸鱼
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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紙 | 魚 |
し Grade: 2 |
み Grade: 2 |
on’yomi | jukujikun |
Etymology
From Old Japanese (see 蟫). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 紙魚.
Noun
紙魚 (hiragana しみ, katakana シミ, rōmaji shimi)
- Any insect of the family Lepismatidae, a silverfish or bristletail.
- Synonyms: 衣魚, 蠧魚
Derived terms
- 大和紙魚 (Yamato shimi, “Ctenolepisma villosa”)
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