虫
insect; bug; temper
6 strokes. Taught in grade 1. Newspaper frequency rank 1351.
Readings
- むし (kun reading): 虫 (むし) insect; 虫歯 (むしば) tooth decay
- チュウ (on reading): 昆虫 (こんちゅう) insect; 幼虫 (ようちゅう) larva
- キ (on reading): 虫部 (きぶ) insect radical
Components
Kanji containing 虫
- 強 strong
- 独 single
- 融 dissolve
- 風 wind
- 触 contact
- 騒 boisterous
- 蛇 snake
- 蝶 butterfly
- 蛍 lightning-bug
- 虹 rainbow
- 蚊 mosquito
- 蜜 honey
- 蜂 bee
- 蛋 barbarian
- 蚕 silkworm
- 蜷 an edible river snail
- 蛮 barbarian
- 蟹 crab
- 蛭 leech
- 繭 cocoon
- 蝦 shrimp
- 禹 name of a Chinese emperor
- 虻 gadfly
- 蚋 gnat
- 蚌 clam
- 蚓 earthworm
- 蚣 centipede
- 蚤 flea
- 蚩 fool
- 蚪 tadpole
- 掻 scratch
- 蚫 abalone
- 蚯 earthworm
- 蚰 millipede
- 蚶 ark shell
- 蛄 mole cricket
- 蛆 worm
- 蛉 dragonfly
- 蛎 oyster
- 蛔 intestinal worms
- 蛙 frog
- 蛛 spider
- 蛞 kind of slug
- 蛟 dragon
- 蛤 clam
- 蛩 cricket
- 蛬 cricket
- 蛯 shrimp
- 蛸 octopus
- 蛹 chrysalis
- 蛻 insect moulting
- 蛾 moth
- 蜀 green caterpillar
- 蜃 clam
- 蜆 fresh-water clam
- 蜈 centipede
- 蜉 kind of ant
- 蜊 a kind of bivalve
- 蜍 toad
- 蜑 egg
And 64 more.
Words using 虫
- 虫 (むし) insect
- 虫歯 (むしば) tooth decay
- 弱虫 (よわむし) coward
- 毛虫 (けむし) hairy caterpillar
- 本の虫 (ほんのむし) bookworm
- 昆虫 (こんちゅう) insect
- 幼虫 (ようちゅう) larva
- 成虫 (せいちゅう) imago
- 寄生虫 (きせいちゅう) parasite
- 爬虫類 (はちゅうるい) reptiles
- 虫部 (きぶ) insect radical
- 手塚治虫文化賞 (てづかおさむぶんかしょう) Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
- 寄居虫 (ごうな) hermit crab
313 words in all.