螟
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Meaning
injurious parasite
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- メイ
- ミョウ
- Kun (native)
- ずいむし
- Other languages
- 拼音ming2
- 한글myeong
- Hán-ViệtMinh
Basics
- Strokes
- 16 strokes
- Radical
- 虫(むし)
- JIS level
- Level 2
- Unicode
U+879F
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰虫冥
Words using this kanji
- 螟蛾めいがメイガ科に属する昆虫の総称。pyralid (any moth of family Pyralidae, many of which have larvae that devour foodstuffs)
- 螟虫ずいむしpyralid larva, borer
- 螟蛉めいれい養子の異名。hornworm, adopted child
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Similar-looking kanji
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Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-6-10- Four Corner
5718.0- Spahn–Hadamitzky
6d10.4- Nelson
- 4175