Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2121 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: mosquito

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: ブン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: insect

Examples

Onyomi Examples

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 (scarabaeid beetle) (Rhomborrhina japonica)

Kunyomi Examples

mosquito

かや mosquito net

マラリア マラリアか malaria mosquito

いえか house mosquito (genus Culex)