蜂 – bee, wasp, hornet

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#2223 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 蜂 means bee, wasp, hornet. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ホウ (hou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is はち (hachi). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 虫 (no. 142).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ホウ	hou
Kun’yomi	はち	hachi

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). Components: ｜・一・虫・夂.

Words using 蜂

蜂蜜はちみつhoney

Kanji with the same radical

融虫蛇蝶蛍虹蚊蜜蛋

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