Kanji Detail for 蚤 - "flea, early, claw"

蚤

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
蚤 means "flea, early, claw."
1. Flea - An insect of the order Siphonaptera.
2. Early - Quick; swift.
3. Claw - A fingernail or toenail.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

flea

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

flea; louse

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

flea

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

flea; louse

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

A small insect name. Body is flat. Has six legs. Good at jumping. In summer months, lives in damp places. Females are large, males are small. Parasitic on humans and animals. Sucks blood. | Interchangeable with 早 (early). Mencius says "Rising early (蚤起). She followed her husband wherever he went." | The largest of snakes. Long ones reach three to four zhang. Has markings. Produced in Lingnan. Often strangles and swallows people and livestock. Its gallbladder is used medicinally.
Onyomi

soh(そう)
Kunyomi

haya.i(はやい)

nomi(のみ)
Strokes

10 strokes
Radical

虫 (mushi・mushihen)
Related Keywords
flea insect order siphonaptera early quick swift claw fingernail toenail