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蝮

蝮 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. まむし。鎖蛇。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「虫」+音符「复 /*PUK/」。｛蝮 /*ph(r)uk/｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

viper, adder, asp

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • フク
Kun (native)
  • まむし
Other languages
  • 拼音fu4
  • 한글bog
  • Hán-ViệtPhúc

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
虫(むし)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+876E

Components

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Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰虫复

Words using this kanji

  • 蝮マムシまむしの学術的表記。pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)
  • 蝮草まむしぐさサトイモ科の多年草。北海道から九州にかけて分布し、山地や原野の湿った林床に生える。シュウ酸カルシウムなどの毒性物質を全草に持つ。偽茎にある紫褐色の斑らな模様がマムシに似ていることからその名がついた。Arisaema serratum (species of jack-in-the-pulpit)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-9
Four Corner
5814.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6d9.6
Nelson
4165