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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
- N1昆虫Popularinsect; bug
- —害虫Popularharmful insect; noxious insect; pest; vermin
- —幼虫Popularlarva; grub; maggot
- —寄生虫Popularparasite
- —殺虫剤Popularinsecticide; pesticide
- —爬虫類Popularreptiles
- —益虫useful insect
- —回虫roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; intestinal worm
- —鈎虫hookworm
- —原虫protozoan
- —殺虫killing insects or pests
- —仔虫larva
- —虫垂(vermiform) appendix
- —虫類worms and insects
- —防虫protection from insects; insect repellence
- —爬虫reptile
- —蛹虫pupa; chrysalis
- —甲虫beetle
- —虫害insect damage
- —条虫tapeworm; cestode