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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

Stroke order of 虫, 6 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

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

むし mushi · kun reading

Practise writing 虫 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 虫 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 1 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

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.