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虫

Insect
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingチュウ
Kun readingむし
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 1Level 4

Meanings

  1. insectRtK
    彼は花壇の昆虫を見るためにかがみこんだ。He bent over to see insects in the flowerbed.tatoeba
    彼は昆虫採集に興味を持っている。He has an interest in collecting insects.tatoeba
  2. bug
  3. temper
  1. cricket
  2. moth
  3. worm

Homonyms

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Same reading (むし)
無視 · disregarding無死 · no outs蒸し · steaming

Radicals and components

Radical虫insect
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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in · stick (丨) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 556

Compound words

轡虫クツワムシ
Mecopoda nipponensis (species of katydid)
蓼食う虫も好き好きたでくうむしもすきずき
some prefer nettles
害虫がいちゅう
harmful insect; noxious insect; pest; vermin
昆虫こんちゅう
insect; bug
弱虫よわむし
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
毛虫けむし
hairy caterpillar; woolly bear; pest; nudnik (nudnick)
幼虫ようちゅう
larva; grub; maggot
虫歯むしば
tooth decay; decayed tooth; dental cavity; dental caries
寄生虫きせいちゅう
parasite
玉虫色たまむしいろ
iridescent colour; equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous; vague
殺虫剤さっちゅうざい
insecticide; pesticide
爬虫類はちゅうるい
reptiles
虫除けむしよけ
insecticide; insect repellent
芋虫いもむし
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth)
益虫えきちゅう
useful insect
夏虫なつむし
summer insect
回虫かいちゅう
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides)
鈎虫こうちゅう
hookworm
兜虫カブトムシ
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
灸虫やいとむし
schizomid (any arachnid of order Schizomida)
仔虫しちゅう
larva
髄虫ずいむし
pyralid larva
虫垂ちゅうすい
(vermiform) appendix
虫唾むしず
stomach acid that flows backwards into the mouth (due to acid reflux)

Additional Examples

彼は相変わらず泣き虫だ。
He's a crybaby, just like always.tatoeba
彼は確かにハンサムで頭もいいかもしれないけど、どこか虫の好かないところがあるの。
Certainly he is handsome and intelligent, but there is something about him that I can't like.tatoeba

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Insect. A snake or worm with a head.

Practice Writing

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