The kanji 虫: meaning, readings and stroke order
虫
- Meaning
- bug, insect
- On reading
- チュウ chuu
- Kun reading
- むし mushi
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 虫 insect
- Level
- Level 1 · grade 1
- Old form
- 蟲
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- con sâu, côn trùng (trùng)
- Japanese
- むし。
- Korean
- 벌레 (충·훼)
- Chinese
- 虫子
Readings, words and example sentences
チュウ chuu · on reading
昆虫
insect
昆虫を あつめるのが すきです。
I like collecting insects.
むし mushi · kun reading
虫
bug
草の 中に 小さな 虫が います。
There is a little bug in the grass.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.