Kanji Detail for 蝤 - "longhorn beetle larva, mayfly"

蝤

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
蝤 means "longhorn beetle larva, mayfly."
1. Longhorn beetle larva - The larva of a longhorn beetle (used in compound 蝤蠐).
2. Mayfly - An insect of the order Ephemeroptera (used in compound 蜉蝤).
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

grub, maggot; Scylla serrata, swimming crab

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

used in 蝤蠐|蝤蛴[qiu2 qi2]

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

grub, larva

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

蝤蠐 (longhorn beetle larva). A wood-boring insect. Original name is 喝. White and plump in color. Therefore used to compare to women's necks. The Odes says "Neck like a longhorn beetle larva." This is the meaning. | 蝤蛑 (swimming crab). See "蛑" for details. | Interchangeable with 蝣. 蝣蜉 is also written as 蜉蝤.
Onyomi

ju(じゅ)

shuu

yo(よ)

yoh(よう)
Kunyomi

kikuimushi
Strokes

15 strokes
Radical

虫 (mushi・mushihen)
Related Keywords
longhorn beetle larva mayfly insect order ephemeroptera