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Kanji Detail for 虫 - "insect"

虫

  • Meaning

    虫 means "insect." Also associated with enthusiast, viper.

    1. Insect - A general term for insects.

    2. Animal - A general term for creatures.

    3. Children's illness - A traditional term for children's ailments.

    4. Enthusiast - Someone passionate about something.

    5. Viper - A poisonous snake.

  • Words using 虫

    • 昆虫 こんちゅう Listen insect; bug
    • 殺虫剤 さっちゅうざい Listen insecticide; pesticide
    • 玉虫色 たまむしいろ Listen iridescent colour; equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous
    • 害虫 がいちゅう Listen harmful insect; noxious insect; pest
    • 寄生虫 きせいちゅう Listen parasite
    • 幼虫 ようちゅう Listen larva; grub; maggot
    • 弱虫 よわむし Listen coward; weakling; scaredy cat
    • 爬虫類 はちゅうるい Listen reptiles

  • Four-character idioms with 虫

    • 夏虫疑氷 かちゅうぎひょう Listen being narrow-minded due to limited experience; refusing to believe in things outside of one's own limited experience

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    • Verified meaning: insect
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read むし)
    • Also carries these associations: enthusiast, viper

    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.

  • Name readings of 虫

    Surnames 虫(むし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    insect; bug; temper

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    insects, worms; Kangxi radical 142

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 蟲|虫[chong2]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    insect, worm; mollusk

  • Onyomi

    tip

    chuu(チュウ) チュウ

    ki(キ) キ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    mushi(むし) むし

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    虫 (mushi・mushihen)

  • Related Keywords

    insect enthusiast viper children's illness animal bug worm antennae arthropod chrysalis colony creature entomology exoskeleton larvae mandibles pest poisonous proboscis pupae

Sentences including 虫

  • I have two bad teeth.

  • I am interested in the study of insects.

  • You're a bookworm.

  • I don't have any cavities.

  • This will keep bugs off.

  • You're taking a lot for granted.

  • Mary is a bookworm.

  • I had a feeling this might happen.

  • That makes me disgusted just to think of it.

  • That's asking too much.

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