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Kanji Detail for 蠅 - "fly"
蠅
- Meaning
蠅 means "fly."
Fly - An insect of the order Diptera.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
fly
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
flies
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
fly; musca; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
fly, musca
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
An insect name. Many varieties. Most notable are houseflies and blow flies. Houseflies are about four fen long. Body color is grayish-black. In early summer, fly and gather on rotting meat and such. Blow flies have reddish-brown heads. Body is slightly larger than houseflies. In autumn, most numerous. Lay eggs on food and filthy places. Their larvae are maggots. | A metaphor for small. Such as saying 蠅頭細字 (fly-head tiny characters).
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Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
子供を持った事のないその時の私は、子供をただ蒼蠅いもののように考えていた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
しかし医者の来るたびに蒼蠅い質問を掛けて相手を困らす質でもなかった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
それには無論養家を出る出ないの蒼蠅い問題も手伝っていたでしょう。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
それには無論養家を出る出ないの蒼蠅い問題も手伝っていたでしょう。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha