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Kanji Detail for 蚊 - "mosquito"
蚊
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Meaning
蚊 means "mosquito." Also associated with insect.
Mosquito - A blood-sucking insect.
Gnat - A small biting fly.
Pest - An annoying insect.
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Tattoo check: 蚊
- Verified meaning: mosquito
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Also carries these associations: insect
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
mosquito
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
mosquito; gnat
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
mosquito
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
mosquito, gnat
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A small flying insect that bites people. Its larvae are wrigglers in polluted water. When mature, they transform into mosquitoes. Entire body is grayish-brown. Proboscis is like a needle. Contains poison. Therefore when people are bitten, the skin must swell. Another variety has brown-spotted wings. When resting, it always positions its body at an angle. When it bites people, it can transmit malaria. Called 瘧蚊 (malaria mosquito). Especially harmful to health.
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Related Keywords
Sentences including 蚊
蚊が嫌い。
I hate mosquitoes.
蚊が刺した。
A mosquito just bit me.
蚊に食われた。
I was bitten by a mosquito.
蚊に刺された。
I got bitten by mosquitoes.
蚊に噛まれたよ。
I got bitten by mosquitoes.
いま蚊に刺された。
A mosquito just bit me.
トムは蚊に刺された。
Tom was bitten by a mosquito.
トムは蚊に噛まれた。
Tom was bitten by a mosquito.
トムは蚊に食われた。
Tom was bitten by a mosquito.
Mosquitoes are insects.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
More kanji with the radical 虫 (mushi・mushihen)
- 虫 insect, enthusiast, viper
- 虹 rainbow, to disturb
- 蚕 silkworm, raising silkworms
- 蛇 snake, serpent
- 蛍 firefly, glowworm
- 蛮 barbarian, wild, savage
- 蜂 bee, to swarm, spearhead
- 蜜 honey, nectar
- 蝦 frog, shrimp, crayfish
- 蝶 butterfly, insect
- 融 melt, fuse, harmonize
- 螺 conch, helix, cup
- 蟬 cicada, beautiful, continuous
- 蟹 crab, crustacean
- 蠟 wax, candle, polish