Kanji

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

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: むし

Meaning: insect

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

害(ちゅうがい)   insect damage

(こんちゅう)   insect, bug

(ぼうちゅう)   pesticide

(がいちゅう)   harmful insect, noxious insect

剤(さっちゅうざい)   insecticide, pesticide

寄生(きせいちゅう)   parasite

(むし)   insect

歯(むしば)   (tooth) cavity

(けむし)   caterpillar

(みずむし)   athlete's foot

(よわむし)   coward, weakling

泣き(なきむし)   crybaby, blubberer

Onyomi Examples

垂炎 チュウスイエン appendicitis

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

ヨウチュウ larva, grub, maggot

寄生 キセイチュウ parasite

キブ insect radical, worm radical

蟻巻 アリマキ aphid, plant louse, plant lice

Kunyomi Examples

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

むしば cavity, tooth decay, decayed tooth, dental caries

にがむし bitter-tasting bug

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