Kanji Detail for 蚣 - "centipede, katydid"

蚣

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
蚣 means "centipede, katydid."
1. Centipede - An arthropod of the class Chilopoda (used in compound 蜈蚣).
2. Katydid - A cricket-like insect (used in compound 蚣蝑).
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

centipede; grasshopper

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

centipede

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

used in 蜈蚣[wu2 gong1]

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

centipede

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

蜈蚣 (centipede). A many-legged insect. Lives in damp places. Body is slender and long. Head and feet are red. Back is dark green. Belly is yellow. Has twenty pairs of legs. Long ones reach four to five inches. Sting is poisonous.
Onyomi

koh(こう)

ku(く)

shoh(しょう)
Kunyomi
none
Strokes

10 strokes
Radical

虫 (mushi・mushihen)
Related Keywords
centipede arthropod class chilopoda katydid cricket like insect