虻

9 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

gadfly, horsefly

Kun'yomi
  • あぶ
    		horsefly
On'yomi
  • ボウ

Main Radical

虫(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

あぶ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

gadfly, horsefly
あぶ　ボウ (Kentei Pre-1)
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)
deceased, the late, dying
ボウ　な.い　モウ (6th, N3)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
fishhook radical(乙) variant

Common Words

あぶ
虻
はち
蜂
と
取
　
ら
　
ず
attempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither
うま
馬
あぶ
虻
horse botfly
あぶ
虻
はち
蜂
horsefly and bee
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References

Unicode hex code 867B
JIS X 0208 1-16-26
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4117
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5277
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1134
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 32835
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6d3.2
Four corner code 5011.0