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蟲

蟲 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 小動物。特に爬虫類。
  2. むし。特に昆虫及び陸生の節足動物。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「虫」の繁化した異体字。「動物の総称」を意味する漢語｛蟲｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

insect, bug, temper

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • チュウ
  • キ
Kun (native)
  • むし
Other languages
  • 拼音chong2
  • 한글chung
  • 한글hwe
  • Hán-ViệtTrùng

Basics

Strokes
18 strokes
Radical
虫(むし)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+87F2

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱虫䖵

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-6-12
Four Corner
5013.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6d0.1
Nelson
4185