螟

16 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

injurious parasite

Kun'yomi
  • ずいむし
On'yomi
  • メイ
  • ミョウ

Main Radical

虫(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

injurious parasite
メイ　ミョウ　ずいむし (Kentei 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)
dark
メイ　ミョウ　くら.い (11th)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
six
ロク　ろっ　むっ.つ (1st, N5)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)

Common Words

めい
螟
れい
蛉
hornworm ②adopted child
いね
稲
　
の
ずいむし
螟虫
striped stem borer larva
More Words...

References

Unicode hex code 879F
JIS X 0208 1-74-6
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4175
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5368
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 33429
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6d10.4
Four corner code 5718.0