Keyword
insect
- bug
- temper
- Frequency
- #1351
- Strokes
- 6
- Grade
- 1
- JLPT (old)
- N2
- Heisig
- 556
Readings
チュウ50%
むし50%
Mnemonic
A tiny mouth chomps on the arm of a bodybuilder, who flexes helplessly and yelps: the little insect wins this round.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
強strong独alone融dissolve風wind触touch騒make noise蛇snake蝶butterfly蛍firefly虹rainbow蚊mosquito蜜honey蜂bee蛋protein蚕silkworm蜷an edible river snail蛮savage蟹crab蛭leech繭cocoon蝦shrimp䖭䖝insects虬young dragon虯young dragon虱lice禹name of a Chinese emperor虷worm虺large poisonous snake虻horsefly蚋gnat蚌common orient clam蚍mussels蚑tip-toe蚓earthworm蚘tapeworm蚜plant louse蚝hairy and poisonous caterpillars蚡mole蚣centipede
Used in vocabulary
虫
insect; bug; cricket; moth; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness; fretfulness; …
Noun
水虫
athlete's foot; water boatman (esp. species Hesperocorixa distanti); Asellus hilgendorfi (species of aquatic sowbug)
Noun
虫食い
worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff; willow wren
No-adjective