Unicode: U+86ED

Pinyin: zhì

Definition

* 〔水~〕环节动物,身体长形,稍扁,墨绿色,尾端有吸盘,雌雄同体生活在池沼或水田中,能吸人畜的血。唾液中含有水蛭素,医学上能发挥抗凝血作用。虫体经干燥炮制后入中药。俗称"蚂蟥" "马鳖"

leech

Structure

蛭 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_86ED
Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
94_E3D6
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
85_E346

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC