Kanji

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: gadfly, horsefly

Kunyomi: あぶ

Onyomi: ボウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: insect

Examples

Kunyomi Examples

あぶ horsefly, gadfly

あぶはち horsefly and bee, horsefly and wasp

虫引 むしひきあぶ robber fly (any fly of family Asilidae)

うしあぶ Tabanus trigonus (species of horsefly)