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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N2

1351 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: insect, bug, temper

Kunyomi: むし

Onyomi: チュウ, キ

虫

Radical

Radical: 虫

Reading: むし

Meaning: insect

Strokes: 6

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Examples

Examples with audio

虫害(ちゅうがい)   insect damage

昆虫(こんちゅう)   insect, bug

防虫(ぼうちゅう)   pesticide

害虫(がいちゅう)   harmful insect, noxious insect

殺虫剤(さっちゅうざい)   insecticide, pesticide

寄生虫(きせいちゅう)   parasite

虫(むし)   insect

虫歯(むしば)   (tooth) cavity

毛虫(けむし)   caterpillar

水虫(みずむし)   athlete's foot

弱虫(よわむし)   coward, weakling

泣き虫(なきむし)   crybaby, blubberer

Onyomi Examples

虫垂炎 (チュウスイエン) appendicitis

虫えい (チュウエイ) gall (abnormal plant growth formed by insects)

幼虫 (ヨウチュウ) larva, grub, maggot

寄生虫 (キセイチュウ) parasite

虫部 (キブ) insect radical, worm radical

蟻巻 (アリマキ) aphid, plant louse, plant lice

Kunyomi Examples

虫 (むし) insect, bug, cricket, moth, worm, roundworm, thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings, (one's) unconscious, nervousness, fretfulness, person devoted to one thing, single-minded person, valve core, mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)

虫歯 (むしば) tooth decay, cavity, decayed tooth, dental caries

苦虫 (にがむし) bitter-tasting bug

馬追虫 (うまおいむし) Hexacentrus japonicus (species of katydid), Hexacentrus unicolor (species of katydid)

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