虫
bug, insect, temper
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
6 / 6
Information
Grade:1
Strokes:6
JLPT:2
Frequency:1351
Vocabulary
チュウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 害虫 | ガイチュウ | harmful insect; noxious insect; pest; vermin |
| 寄生虫 | キセイチュウ | parasite |
| 昆虫 | コンチュウ | insect; bug |
| 幼虫 | ヨウチュウ | larva; grub; maggot |
| 虫垂炎 | チュウスイエン | appendicitis |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 玉虫色 | たまむしいろ | iridescent colour; equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous; vague |
| 殺虫剤 | さっちゅうざい | insecticide; pesticide |
| 弱虫 | よわむし | coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy |
| 虫食む | むしばむ | to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin; to undermine; to gnaw at (one's heart, body, etc.); to eat into; to destroy |
| 虫 | むし | insect; bug; cricket; moth; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness; fretfulness; person devoted to one thing; single-minded person; valve core; mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck) |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
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exclaim, shout, yell
Grade 8JLPT 2
風
air, manner, style, wind
Grade 2JLPT 4
独
Germany, alone, single, spontaneously
Grade 5JLPT 1
蚕
silkworm
Grade 6JLPT 1
蚊
mosquito
Grade 8JLPT 1
呈
display, exhibit, offer, present, send
Grade 8JLPT 1
亜
-ous, Asia, come after, rank next
Grade 8JLPT 1
足
be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear, foot, leg
Grade 1JLPT 4
強
strong
Grade 2JLPT 4
蛇
hard drinker, serpent, snake
Grade 8JLPT 1