蛆 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

worm, grub, maggot

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショ
Kun (native)
  • うじ
Other languages
  • 拼音qu1
  • 拼音ju1
  • 한글jeo
  • Hán-ViệtThư

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
虫(むし)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+86C6

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰虫且

Words using this kanji

  • うじmaggot, larva, grub
  • 蛆虫うじむしmaggot, worm, scum

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(4 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-5
Four Corner
5711.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6d5.5
Nelson
4128