Kanji Detail for 蛆 - "maggot, centipede"

蛆

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
蛆 means "maggot, centipede."
1. Maggot - The larva of a fly.
2. Centipede - An arthropod of the class Chilopoda (used in compound 蝍蛆).
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

worm; grub; maggot

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

maggots

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

maggot

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

maggot

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

An insect name. Hatched from the eggs of flies. Often grows on decaying matter.
Onyomi

sho(しょ)

so(そ)
Kunyomi

uji(うじ)
Strokes

11 strokes
Radical

虫 (mushi・mushihen)
Related Keywords
maggot larva fly centipede arthropod class chilopoda