Kanji1 / 6
虫 kanji
insect, bug, temper
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
チュウキ
Kun readings
むし
Variant forms
蟲Words with 虫
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —円虫類round worms
- —駆虫剤insecticide; bug repellent
- —昆虫学entomology
- —三葉虫trilobite
- —虫垂炎appendicitis
- —防虫剤insect repellent
- —夜光虫Noctiluca scintillans (luminescent species of dinoflagellate)
- —除虫菊Dalmatian chrysanthemum (Tanacetum cinerariifolium); Dalmatian pyrethrum; Dalmatian pellitory
- —捕虫網insect net; butterfly net
- —病虫害(crop) damage from disease and harmful insects
- —有孔虫foraminifer; foraminiferan
- —虫媒花entomophilous flower
- —太陽虫heliozoan
- —繊毛虫ciliate
- —糸状虫filaria; heartworm
- —肝吸虫Chinese liver fluke (Clonorchis sinensis); Oriental liver fluke
- —包虫症echinococcosis; hydatid disease
- —甲虫目Coleoptera (the order of insects containing beetles)
- —輪虫類rotifers; rotatoria
- —線虫類nematodes