虫 – insect, bug, temper

6 strokesTaught in grade 1#1351 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 虫 means insect, bug, temper. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チュウ、キ (chuu, ki); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is むし (mushi). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 虫 (no. 142).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チュウ	chuu
On’yomi	キ	ki
Kun’yomi	むし	mushi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 虫 (Kangxi radical 142).

Words using 虫

虫むしinsect虫歯むしばtooth decay昆虫こんちゅうinsect

Example sentences

彼女は虫が大嫌いだ。

She has a strong dislike of insects.

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鳥は虫を探していた。

The bird was looking for worms.

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彼は確かにハンサムで頭もいいかもしれないけど、どこか虫の好かないところがあるの。

Certainly he is handsome and intelligent, but there is something about him that I can't like.

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Kanji with the same radical

融蛇蝶蛍虹蚊蜜蜂蛋

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