蚯蚓
Chinese
| earthworm | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (蚯蚓) |
蚯 | 蚓 | |
| 2nd round simp. | 丘引 | ||
| alternative forms | 蚯螾 丘蚓 丘螾 邱蚓 邱螾 | ||
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “what does 蚯 mean?”)
Pronunciation
Noun
蚯蚓
- earthworm (Classifier: 條/条 m c)
- 螻蟈鳴,蚯螾出,王瓜生,苦菜秀。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
- Lóuguō míng, qiūyǐn chū, wángguā shēng, kǔcài xiù. [Pinyin]
- The green frogs croak. Earthworms come forth. The royal melons grow. The sow-thistle is in seed.
蝼蝈鸣,蚯螾出,王瓜生,苦菜秀。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 蚯蚓 (“earthworm”) [map]
Derived terms
- 海蚯蚓
- 蚯蚓瘴
- 蚯蚓竅/蚯蚓窍
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蚯 | 蚓 |
| みみず | |
| Hyōgaiji | Hyōgaiji |
| jukujikun | |
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蚯 | 蚓 |
| めめず | |
| Hyōgaiji | Hyōgaiji |
| jukujikun | |
Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *memensu. The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓).
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
蚯蚓 or 蚯蚓 • (mimizu or memezu) (counter 匹)
- an earthworm (type of worm)
- 2005 August 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “[第](だい)六十四[訓](くん) キャラクターはシルエットだけで[読](どく)[者](しゃ)に[見](み)[分](わ)けがつくように[描](か)き[分](わ)けよう”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま), volume 8 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
- どっかでミミズに小便でも ひっかけてきたんじゃないかィ?腫れるっていうよね
- Dokka de mimizu ni shōben demo hikkaketekitan ja nai ki? Harerutte iu yo ne
- Did you piss on a worm somewhere? You said swollen right?
- Nani itchatten no Meishin daro sonna…
- What you talkin’ about? That’s just a superstition…
- どっかでミミズに小便でも ひっかけてきたんじゃないかィ?腫れるっていうよね
Usage notes
- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ミミズ.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 蚯蚓書き (mimizugaki)
- 蚯蚓蜥蜴 (mimizu tokage, “worm lizard”)
- 蚯蚓鳴く (mimizunaku)
- 蚯蚓ののたくったよう (mimizu no notakutta yō)
- 蚯蚓鯊 (mimizuhaze)
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