虫

insect, bug, temper

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

キチュウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

むし

Nanori (名乗り)

む

Stroke Order

6 / 6

Information

Grade:1

Strokes:6

JLPT:N2

Frequency:1351

Vocabulary

キ

Word	Reading	Meaning
虫部	キブ	insect radical; worm radical

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)

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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