虫

6 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 1st grade
JLPT exam level N2

insect, bug, temper

Kun'yomi
  • むし
    		insect ②worm ③(one's) unconscious ④nervousness
On'yomi
  • チュウ
  • キ
Nanori
  • む

Main Radical

虫(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

むし 90.9%
チュウ 9.1%

Character Breakdown

insect, bug, temper
むし　チュウ　キ (1st, N2)
in, inside, middle
なか　チュウ　うち (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
rising stroke
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)

Contained In

掻 独 禹 虱 虹 虻 蚊 蚋 蚌 蚓 蚕 蚣 蚤 蚩 蚪 蚫 蚯 蚰 蚶 蛄 蛆 蛇 蛉 蛋 蛍 蛎 蛔 蛙 蛛 蛞 蛟 蛤 蛩 蛬 蛭 蛮 蛯 蛸 蛹 蛻 蛾 蜀 蜂 蜃 蜆 蜈 蜉 蜊 蜍 蜑 蜒 蜘 蜚 蜜 蜥 蜩 蜴 蜷 蜻 蜿 蝉 蝋 蝌 蝎 蝓 蝕 蝗 蝙 蝟 蝠 蝣 蝦 蝨 蝪 蝮 蝴 蝶 蝸 蝼 蝿 螂 融 螟 螢 螫 螯 螳 螺 螻 螽 蟀 蟄 蟆 蟇 蟋 蟐 蟒 蟠 蟯 蟲 蟶 蟷 蟹 蟻 蟾 蠅 蠍 蠎 蠏 蠑 蠕 蠖 蠡 蠢 蠣 蠧 蠶 蠹 蠻 触 雖 風 𧈡 𧈧 𬗌

Common Words

むし
虫
insect ②worm ③(one's) unconscious ④nervousness
な
泣
　
き
むし
虫
crybaby
よわ
弱
むし
虫
coward
むし
虫
ば
歯
cavity
むし
虫
けら
螻
worm
こん
昆
ちゅう
虫
insect
はら
腹
　
の
むし
虫
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides) ②(metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments ③(metaphor for) empty stomach
むし
虫
　
の
いき
息
faint breath
うじ
蛆
むし
虫
maggot ②worm
みず
水
むし
虫
athlete's foot ②water boatman (esp. species Hesperocorixa distanti) ③Asellus hilgendorfi (species of aquatic sowbug)
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References

Unicode hex code 866B
JIS X 0208 1-35-78
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4115
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5275
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3530
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 4343
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Morohashi Daikanwajiten 32804
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 56
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 873
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 893
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Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 875
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 74
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 60
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 466
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1604
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 523
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6d0.1
Four corner code 5013.6
De Roo Code 1671