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

蚤

  • 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

    tip

    soh(ソウ) ソウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    haya.i(はや-い) はや-い

    nomi(のみ) のみ

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    虫 (mushi・mushihen)

  • Related Keywords

    flea insect order siphonaptera early quick swift claw fingernail toenail

Sentences including 蚤

  • Karen bought a lot of things at the flea market.

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