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The Kanji Map

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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2121 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: mosquito

Kunyomi: か

Onyomi: ブン

Composition: 虫 文

蚊

Radical

Radical: 虫

Meaning: insect

Reading: むし

Frequency: 1,067

Alternative forms:

(alt radical position hen)

虫

Examples

Onyomi Examples

蚊帳 (カヤ) mosquito net

夜鷹 (ヨタカ) grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus), nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae), goatsucker, streetwalker, low class prostitute (Edo period), soba vendors who walk around at night, soba sold by these vendors

【カナブン】 (drone beetle (Pseudotorynorrhina japonica), scarab beetle)

Kunyomi Examples

蚊 (か) mosquito

蚊帳 (かや) mosquito net

マラリア蚊 (マラリアか) malaria mosquito

家蚊 (いえか) house mosquito (genus Culex)

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